The Infinite Descent

​Within thy flesh an ancient epic lies, Where ivory lines and alabaster flow; A sacred fruit is hidden in thine eyes, Which neither Heaven nor the Earth can know. ​Two halcyon hills provide a holy rest, To hush the music of the jarring spheres; Within the sanctuary of thy breast, The storm-tossed spirit loses all its fears. ​But in thy navel’s dark and deep abyss, My reason founders like a broken mast; I seek my ruin in a mortal kiss, And find a cosmos that shall ever last. ​Then let me fall, if falling be the price, To find within thy flesh my Paradise. Note:A tribute to the sanctuary found in the beloved—where the physical becomes a gateway to the eternal. ​Deep Fact of the Poet: ​"This poem explores the paradox of unrequited longing: the moment where the lover stops seeking a returned affection and begins to find a cosmic eternity within the beauty of the beloved. It is the transition from 'Reason' to 'Revelation,' where the failure of the mind (the broken mast) leads to the discovery of a personal Paradise that exists independently of being loved back." ​©[ HUDA UNTETHERED ]