The winds just need an opening to blow
Into your secret rooms where you conceal
Your cryptic and subversive plans below
The floorboards creaking every time you kneel
The rains survey the weakness in your roof
And seek a path to fall into your space
Where moisture plays its wrinkles into truth
Well hidden in the patterns of your drapes
And where the wind and rain may find admission
There, the cold will follow in the end
To plunge your quarters into indecision
That oft accompanies the rain and wind
Repair the roof and windows, seal the door
And let your weary forehead warm the floor
Julaybib
We talk and we talk of
The love that we’re in
And we’re humble and all
As we swagger within
And we’re basking in praise
That would shame all the jinn
But I’ll give you a name
That will shatter your pride
If you read how he lived
And the way that he died
That Mukhtar our Habīb
Picked him up and he cried:
“He is of me and I am of him.”
Julaybib.
RadiAllahu anhu
Hopeful
Between the stream of tears
And rocky hard terrain
There grows a sapling hopeful
Of mercy in the rain
Tread Softly
There are hearts strewn
Along the mile
Tread softly
Or stand still a while
Free, Absolutely
Diamonds in the river
Silver in the sea
Play of light and water
Absolutely free
Like the queen of Sheeba
Let the darkness flee
Sweet submission sets you
Absolutely free
On Your Way
There’s the journey
And there’s the way
Map your route
Plan your stay
Eat and drink
But break no heart
Cage your tongue
Before you start
Stop a while
Smell the flowers
Let their fragrance
Pass the hours
On your journey
On your way
You were never
Meant to stay
Brew
Knowledge, much like chai
Must be brewed well
Before it is poured
Bending
I have an idea
That ideas bend
Like light in a prism
And time at the end
Unreasonable at Sunrise
I need no reason
Not one for me to sing
The praises of the One Who makes me
One with everything
Who needs a reason
When all I’ll ever need
Is in the passing season and the
Splitting of a seed
Good Company
In life’s journey, there’s
no companion more faithful
than contentment.