tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45364902930049317242011-04-21T15:54:30.966-07:00Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536490293004931724.post-75206648894035516382008-04-01T10:12:00.000-07:002008-04-01T10:13:44.504-07:00It’s another day<br />No different to yesterday<br />Locked up for twenty three hours<br />On my own<br />Alone<br /><br />Away from humanity<br />Trying to drive me to insanity<br />All by myself<br />Like a Quran on a forgotten shelf<br /><br />I refuse to be beaten<br />Mentally or psychologically<br />The games they play<br />While I’m in solitary<br />Messing with my head<br />And hope that I would go mad<br /><br />They fear me<br />Even though I am locked up<br />Am I cannibal?<br />Like Hannibal?<br />Who needs to be kept away from others<br /><br />It’s my mind and ideas that they fear<br />As they stay clear<br />Refuse to talk<br />But watch and stalk<br />Every move I make<br /><br />Recording and making notes<br />Of every discussion and debate<br />I have with inmates<br />I can feel their eyes and hate<br />Watching over me<br />And wishing that I was dead<br /><br />They believe the media<br />And swallow the lies<br />See me as an animal<br />That should be put down<br />And not locked away in a jail<br /><br />Do I feel disheartened?<br />Despondent<br />And lonely<br />Quite the contrary<br />Actually<br />I feel Allah close by<br />Protecting me<br /><br />I remember Yunus in the belly of the whale<br />And Yusuf in another prison<br />Different times and places<br />But the similarity is striking<br />And I keep on making<br />Dua to my one and only lord<br />This they cannot censor or record<br /><br />I smile and pass my days counting<br />Until I meet my lord smiling<br />No regrets or shame<br />For what brought me to this place<br />And if I had another chance<br />I would gladly do it all over again<br />For Allah and my akhirah only<br /><br /> by Shah Jalal<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4536490293004931724-7520664889403551638?l=best-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536490293004931724.post-76468740231873061532008-03-30T12:04:00.000-07:002008-03-30T12:05:17.261-07:00O precious Koran, book divine<br />With keys for life, you are mine<br />Now I know from where i came<br />Save me from my mental pain<br /><br />Comfort me in bad distress<br />With words of Allah’s tenderness<br />May you keep me in my faith<br />until death too I shall embrace<br /><br />You are there to guide and guard<br />So I may receive that rich reward<br />Guide me safely always home<br />Keep me from the things unknown<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4536490293004931724-7646874023187306153?l=best-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0