The Heaviest Five Minutes Put everything that’s on your mind All the world and just everything in it Every todo that you’ve been assigned Be it massive or won’t-take-a-minute All your fears and all your desires Your ambitions and all of the fun Everything that your person requires Every poem and song every pun Put them all on the back of your hands And now khalid get ready to stand Raise them up see they don’t make a sound When they slide away onto the ground Silent submission till the Salaam Then you pick up the pieces and calmly Get on with it
Calling Out
My Lord you know what’s in my heart But teach me not to shy Away from bringing to my tongue A supplicating cry For sea was split and ark was built And petition declared From darknesses where ordinary Souls would have despaired لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنت
Sweet and Sour
It doesn’t really matter Just where your tears go Streaming down your face Onto the prayer rug Into your trusted palm So long As sweet remembrance is your drug That turns your salty grief Into saccharine relief It doesn’t really matter
Car
Your 'aqīdah is a carriage Meticulously designed And built to withstand The road to Jannah So when it needs repair Khalid don't you dare Use aftermarket parts
Know, Never
When I thought I knew I learned I didn't When I knew I knew I learned no more
Weight
When gravity becomes The soul-centering force of Justice over which Rahmah prevails Then we’ll see all that weighs To balance the scales
Earthbound
Think like the sea Act like a river Stand like a tree Talk like a mountain
Turn The Page
Turn the page There will be more That you my friend Cannot ignore The sky is there You’ve got your wings And you will fly ‘Mongst other things But find your bearings In this cage Don’t say a word Just turn the page And don’t you skip The footnotes
There You Are
There you were
Now you’re gone
There you are
Drizzling dawn
On our dark
And dreary night
We will meet
By the pond
There we’ll be
Eagerly
Drinking till we
Become free
Of the thirst
In our song
By the hand
Of whom we long
For to return
Where we belong
Together
Restoration
Let Allah’s Name dispel your grief
And Salawat repair your hurt
So rancor falls as withering leaf
To drive your roots into the dirt