Whisper of the Lover Dr Gregory T. Lawton

Whisper of the Lover

Dr Gregory T. Lawton

It is the whisper of the lover that fills my breast And the pulsing flow of His words that opens my heart. It is the desire for nearness to the Beloved that moves my limbs, And every hair upon my head is a waving hymn to His eternal truth.

I can move no closer than this soft whisper and faint caress For “Love is a veil betwixt the lover and the beloved”. Even the smallest trace of love of Self bars the path. There is no key to this door latch and no way in save poverty For a heart filled with self has no room for the Beloved.

(Quote from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh)

About the author-

Dr. Gregory T. Lawton is an author of many books, most of them in the area of health science, but also in the genre of Asian martial arts, philosophy, poetry, and prose. Dr. Lawton is a passionate award winning artist and photographer who finds his artistic and creative inspiration in nature, and who frequently attributes the source of his images and writing to the 19th century Persian Prophet, Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Baha’i Faith, and the 13th century Persian poet and Sufi Mystic Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī. Dr. Lawton has been a member of the Baha’i Faith since 1970 and embraces the Faith’s principles related to the promotion of world unity and peace. Kindly reprinted with permission from:

The Silence Between Words 2016, Revised 2019 Dr. Gregory T. Lawton

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