Devotional Poetry

The Road to Paradise

The Road to Paradise:
A Metaphor for my Spiritual Search

Blessed is the path leading
to the goal of my desire.

The way was rough,
the path was blocked
by rose scented thorns that echoed
with the Nightingale's trill.

Blessed is the path leading
to the Tree of Life.

I forced the passage -
I pushed through the brambles
left caught on their thorns
my trivial notions,
dogmatic illusions,
and the passions of matter -
found the gate that led
to the Beloved of my soul.

Poet's Note: ▼

This was written/finished on 14 Qawl 161 B.E. It was about my search from the time I had the dreams about Christ's Return until I accepted Baha'u'llah. I had to wait a few years to let this percolate in my mind.