Assalamu alaikum Wafa.
I think this poem of Al Khansa Radiallahu anha is applicable to my pain too. So here's it for you.
"TEARS"
-Al Khansa
Tears, ere thy death, for many a one I shed,
But thine are all my tears since thou art dead.
To comforters I lend my ear apart,
While pain sits ever closer to my heart.
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It was this aspect of her poems - the ever-present pain that made many criticize her. And it is this that the Caliph Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) understood perfectly. And it is this that I can relate most to: "While pain sits ever closer to my heart."
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