awake thee dark poetry

the veil was lifted from the Chosen One's eyes
and his soul for a moment was lifted with divine
Ecstasy.... when this passed
and he returned to the world of Time
and circumstance and this world of Sense,
he felt like one whose eyes had seen
a light of dazzling beauty, and felt dazed
on his return to common sights,
the darkness now seemed tenfold dark
the solitude seemed tenfold empty
the mount of Hiraq, henceforth known
as the Mountain of Light. the mere shell
of an intense memory. was it a dream?
terror seized his limbs and he straightaway sought
her who shared his inmost life
and told her of his exaltation
and the awful void when the curtain closed......

-a verse from the holy qur'an