If not love...

If not love,

then let there be madness

if not in company

then meet me in isolation

if not peace,

then let the torment be

if union is impossible,

then let the desire be.

Thank you My Lord

Today I realised
how much my Lord loves me
He has proetected me
from all the calamities

He gave me a mother
and a father
and how many times have
I taken them for granted?

He gave me a sister
to play with
who will first think of me
before herself

and how many times
have i walked passed her
unnoticed?

He gave me clothes
and food
and drink
He gave me chocolate
and ice creams

He gave me shoes to wear
and how many times
did I nag my mother
on how old they had become?

He gave me love
He gave me friendship
He gave me the Quran Shariff
to be my strenght and guide

He gave me little trials
A little exam to pass
A small task to perform
and how I failed them?

Today He showed me
the kind of trials He has given
my other brothers and sisters

Trials of hunger
Trials of death
Trials of poverty
Trials of subgugation

Today I can see
how dearly blessed I am
I beg for forgiveness
of all those times

that I was ungrateful
that I didn't notice
that I didn't realise
of the kindness of my Merciful Lord

Ahlam Thiama

A scent I love so
It fills my heart with joy
It's different
It's unique

two words that mean
all things dear to me

There is a scent I love
I travel across the Indian Ocean
to buy it from the swahili trader

how lucky he is to have it near
he leans on it and hardly notices
but that little bottle waits patiently

for it's mistress who will come one day
with gentle hands
unwind its cap
and apply its fragrance

on her soft supple hands

there is a scent I love so much
It's waiting for me in that island
many will buy it's brothers and sisters

but it shall be patient
waiting for me

My dear scent
made just for me

I have a dream

I have a dream
I'm scared of
It's huge and it's big
and I'm so small

Will I be able to reach it?
Will I be able to live it?
It's not easy
for then it would not be worth pursuing

I have a dream
I am scared of
for it drives me
makes me work

I have a dream
I am scared of
for it will mean
a lot of sacrifices

I have a dream
I am scared of
for it may lead me
to unknown roads

I have a dream
do you think
I will be able to complete
or wake up and shrug it off?

Never Again

Whether you come
and beg on your knees
I will close my heart
and turn my heel

You think of me
like an option to click
I'm a person
not a commodity to pick

At every point of time
since I met you
you treated me so
I smiled and forgave

and took all the pain
you are not to blame
see how I defend you
silly am- oh wait

you already know right?
I knew it was wrong
wrong wrong wrong
but as usual

I succumbed to my whims
now go away
leave me alone
I'm tired

truly tired this time
I have nothing for you
nothing you need anyways
then why do you even want

to know where I am
go go go
leave me in peace
for that's all I need

Peace