nicest poem I’ve ever read

I want you too much to take you
And cherish you too much to cheapen
So sister accept my distance
And watch my love slowly deepen

I am but one man among many
Who longingly thinks to savor
Your warmth, your eyes, your smile,                      
And wonder at its flavor

My place among them is common
Of merits, I cannot boast
But sister my devotion
To your honor is foremost

And I alone among them
Nearly burst with wrath

When he of lusting eyes                                                                     

Stood and blocked your path

When he of thieving hands
Stole a caress from yours
When he stood close to you
As he would with common #####s

As I stood in my rage
You stood in virgin shame
Iأ¢â‚¬â„¢d come to your defense
If youأ¢â‚¬â„¢d only call my name                                              

If only you would see me
As more than just a beard

If only you could think of me
As more than religiously weird

Itأ¢â‚¬â„¢s for Islam, not spite it
That I will not meet your eye
And itأ¢â‚¬â„¢s not romantic cowardice
That keeps my smiles shy

Itأ¢â‚¬â„¢s not because I fear you
That I will not call your name
And when I call you sister
Iأ¢â‚¬â„¢m trying to be tame

Itأ¢â‚¬â„¢s not that youأ¢â‚¬â„¢re inferior
Itأ¢â‚¬â„¢s just that Iأ¢â‚¬â„¢m so base
I havenأ¢â‚¬â„¢t the control
To gaze into your face

Without my heart missing beats
Without forgetting to be أ¢â‚¬ثœbrotherأ¢â‚¬â„¢
Without wishing your love
Was for me, and no other

So until Allah, He blesses me
And you become my other half
I will always close my ears
To the melody of your laugh

I will always close my eyes
To the beauty of your face.
I will kindly ask my heart
To beat at normal pace.

I will walk a step before you
And cast no looks from behind
I will move my lips in zhikr
To keep yours off my mind.

For I want you too much to take you
And cherish you too much to cheapen
Sister, accept my distance.
Sister, watch my love deepen.

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