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- The Muslim Reader, 2010 -
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Saturday, December 4, 2010
A Lover's Plea
Let me be
The one whose heart
Is filled with love
For You and You alone
Let me be
The one whose mind
Is filled with thoughts
Of You and You alone
Let me be
The one whose body
Is filled with need
For You and You alone
Let me be
The one whose soul
Is filled with peace
By You and You alone
O Allah,
Grant this plea of mine,
A plea that seeks to twine
A lover with her Beloved
- Faizal, S. S., 2010 -
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Blessed
How blessed are they,
Born with a silver spoon
In their mouth,
Never in need
Of anything
Except for
You.
How blessed are they,
Born with such beauty
In their being,
Never in need
Of anything
Except for
You.
How blessed are they,
Born with such intelligence
In their mind,
Never in need
Of anything
Except for
You.
How blessed am I,
Born with no wealth,
Beauty, nor intelligence,
Just so that
For my mere existence,
I can be grateful to
You.
- Faizal, S. S., 2010 -
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
An Excerpt from "The Heart" (2)
My heart
That has been given to the One and only
Who will always be there for me.
Yet my weak heart
Continues to be stricken with impurities
That threatens my love.
- Faizal, S. S., 2010 -
Thursday, September 23, 2010
An Excerpt from "The Heart"
It all begins in the heart;
No one but Him
Sees my heart for what it really is.
It all begins in the heart;
No one but Him
Hears my thoughts for what they really are.
It all begins in the heart;
No one but Him
Says the truth for what it has always been.
It all begins in the heart,
The unsaid, unseen, and unheard
Between you and Him.
- Faizal, S. S., 2010 -
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Grateful
A sigh
As the time for judgment
Draws nigh
A whimper
As the faithless could do nothing
But surrender
A cry
As the unwise did all but fail
To try
A smile
As the grateful sees all to be
Worthwhile
A prostrate
As the storms of the heart
Abate
- The Muslim Reader, in press -
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Enlightened
Gentle zephyrs caressing
He takes in a deep breath
Staring into the horizon
Seeking solitude
But to no avail.
A benison of wisdom
Puts a smile on his face
As he begins to realize
That with God
One is never alone.
- Teens' Crossroads, 2010 -
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