Desiring Light: Poems & Reflections (Ebook)

Desiring Light is Ameera Aslam's first collection of poetry and prose. They are about traversing the spiritual path in modern times, grief, hope, and God's Overflowing Mercy.

Desiring Light won the Daybreak Press Book Award 2021 in the "Collection/Anthology" category.

“The outward tranquility of those who are seeking a spiritual path is something that many wish they could also embrace. But this tranquility does not tell the inner struggles that take place because the spiritual seekers do their work on the inside. Ameera Aslam’s poems reflect this journey.

When you meet her you will meet the outwardly calm, the dynamic activist and the selfless philanthropist. But you are unlikely to see the self-criticism, the self-reproach or the insecurities. The truthfulness Ameera expresses in her poems is a reflection of the turbulences of the inner journey, a journey we are not used to hearing in a 21st century language. It is a voice that reflects the multitude of emotions the seeker feels, the spiritual vulnerability as well as the spiritual ecstasy.”

– Humera Khan
An-Nisa Society,
London