I wonder at this huddle of sparrows in our lilac bush It’s ten degrees below but that does not deter their spirit They puff their coats up proudly till they look like mud- streaked snowballs Like Gazan hearts in a cold world
Micropoetry
Ummah
his ummah is one body respiring shukr perspiring sabr each part heals that the body may thrive till it reaches its qabr so khalid when you are wracked with a trial turn to your Lord and repent and when you see your brother wracked with a trial turn to your Lord and repent
Current Events
The truth is rare Just like the air It’s there for you to breathe But lies are dust Begriming trust To thrive upon deceit Know lies will settle Like dirt and metal Their end is near and certain And when they’re gone The truth will dawn Before the final curtain
Different
You can’t compare the state of them who die to live forever With that of them who live to find their deaths Each stark reminder of a dark delusion they’d been clever To think that they could sell their souls for breaths You just can’t
Still
Bide impostor soul Faking it at every turn Trying hard to please That you won’t have to burn Roses is your garden Lush and fragrant newly born Mind the petal falls And praise defending thorn
Tuesday is Garbage Day
Lonely? How can you be lonely when you’re not alone! Desperate? How can you despair if you’re able to breathe! Grieving? Tears for that. Happy? Laugh and be glad. Angry? Sit down. Takes the sea to extinguish the sun. Bored? That’s on you, and we’re done.
Wings
You’ve locked yourself inside a cage of gold And thrown the key into the flaming sun It’s burning yet you feel the dark and cold Afraid to see the things you have become But souls are birds that cages cannot settle The wings of faith can cut through any metal
Knots
You're broken and sad And feeling quite bad The tears spring forth from a sigh Your chest is constricted Your lips cannot stop A whimper becoming a cry This grief comes like rain And falls where it falls E'en deserts get their share of showers Take heart in the faith That this too shall pass In seconds or minutes or hours The prophets were tested Like no one before So know that your grief is a trial In shukr and hamd Send salawāt galore Upon him for a little while
Stay On It
All the world is a sign That a hope is your way If the only thing you fear Is an act where you stray That displeases the One With a will that melts glaciers And freezes the sun Cling well to that hope And nurture that fear Till the journey is done
Time and I
Come time Have a seat Dip your toes Wet your feet On the shores Of Eternity If you could learn To bide me