Test My Love Once More

"Test My Love Once More" — by Susheel Kumar Singh Try once more to test my love, my friend, If you can, then give your heart to me again. Without my breath, your life will find its end— Go, keep your distance, feel the lonely pain. Hide all your glances, try to turn away, Forget me once, if you possess the art. Yet through your nights, through every waking day, You’ll find my shadow dwelling in your heart. Drink from my eyes—the wine that steals all sense, Then light one lamp to drive the dark apart. You’ll find in kindness heaven’s recompense, When smiles return to a weeping child’s heart. Steal me from me, if mastery you claim— Even God will kiss you, whispering my name.