You Never Leave Me

Is it reasonable that you never leave me for a moment?
You even run to my pillow before me, and
Wherever I go, I find you waiting to welcome me.
Is it reasonable for me to feel that you always hear me and
With your sweet voice, you keep me company every moment,
The smell of your perfume surrounds me cheering me up
I see you at your empty dining room seat, and
Sitting beside me in my car’s passenger seat.
You have become like the blood that flows in my veins
Praise the Creator! You returned like a fetus sleeping in my womb
You never leave my mind nor my body, you never leave me,
As if you always wait for me at each sunrise and sunset, saying
“Mother, I am here, look beyond and you will see me”
Praise God! He makes me find you everywhere, so that you never leave me.


From: SAMAR: Sunset and Sunrise ,page 33
Copyright© by Randah Ribhi Hamadeh, 2007
(Translated by Lina Ribhi Hamadeh)