Salaam  by Jessica Michallet-Romero                         Copyright  ©  May 13, 2005,  Jessica Michallet-Romero                             All Rights Reserved I allowed you to raid my heart pilfer and ravage what remained of my soul. Until all was left was barren wasteland … trampled by unknown demons and arid like the Nile before the precious flood. Yet I survived you Mirabai… I breathe the air bestowed upon me by the one gift you could never take from me… my immortal passion of you, which, like the wind can never be spirited away … and will forever linger in all four corners of my unbridled desire for another taste of you.
Disclaimer:  This poem was inspired by the readings from the book "Sweet On My Lips:  The Love Poems of Mirabai" Translated by  Louise Landes Levi This poem is written from the POV of Mirabai's female servant.