Micropoetry

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

When I thought I knew
I learned I didn't
When I knew I knew
I learned no more

When gravity becomes
The soul-centering force of
Justice over which Rahmah prevails
Then we’ll see all that weighs
To balance the scales

Think like the sea
Act like a river
Stand like a tree
Talk like a mountain

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 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

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

Come here you dusty traveler
And open up your bag 
Let’s take a look inside to see
What’s causing you to lag

Oh khalid all these rotten words
Will weigh you down like death
Go fill your bag with Salawaat
To scent your putrid breath

Hold fast hang on
Until the break of dawn
This darkness cannot
Will not last forever

Stay true yes you
What else is there to do
Don’t let go of the rope
Of hope No never

Let this kalimah
Wrought from faith
Quenched in knowledge
Fend my precious soul