you've said you like to see me elated
and so i thought that you should know
in case you read me as upset and frustrated
that whatever else may be ultimately fated
i'm under strict orders not to glow.
i think eros and Allah would be both satisfied
(tho' it ain't my place to opine on the matter)
with how on their behalf you have vied:
my reconsecration
to the former you've midwived,
and forced me to acknowledge The Latter.