The Essence

 

In shadows cast by sorrow, reflections gently sway,
A humble man departed, in prayers we now stay.
His life was shrouded in service, a lesson most profound,
With every whispered memory, his spirit still surrounds.

Not lured by worldly titles or the glint of fleeting fame,
He walked a path of kindness, his faith lit like a flame.
In every act of mercy, in wisdom shared with grace,
He nurtured seeds of knowledge, in his family’s embrace.

With laughter shared in gatherings, and quiet, tender care,
He taught us all to cherish, to be present, to be fair.
Though heartstrings pull and ache, his essence won't depart,
For love and faith he gifted still live within our heart.

As we recall his journey, in tears our eyes do swell,
Gathered together the family while tears in our eyes did swell.
His legacy is written in the smiles and gentle sighs,
The humble life he led, a truth that never dies.

Lost Thoughts

In quiet moments, I wonder if you feel my heart, 
That love remains, yet ideals keep us apart. 

Thoughts unspoken linger, emotions hard to define, 
A box of shared dreams, but the truth’s still mine. 

Our hearts are tender, yet bound by what’s right, 
We navigate this silence, avoiding the fight. 

Through cherished memories, we find bittersweet ease, 
Two souls intertwined, but lost in the freeze.  

Heart it

 

His heart aches while the lungs gasp for air,
His tongue stays quiet, though my soul's in despair.
His confused mind with itself about words in debate,
Has wisdom escaped while upon is cast his fate
Is time a thief, or does it wait in love's light,
To share the words, to shine through darkest night?
These tangled thoughts, like chains, hold him in place,
The pain, it blossoms, yet fear masks my face.
He imagines whispers that edges him to despair,
If love had known the secrets hidden there.
Perhaps these jewels of his thoughts he tries to share,
Are just the pieces of a broken heart laid bare.

Alone

 

Some souls are bound to tread the path of solitude, 

Though crowds may gather, their hearts feel subdued. 

It's more than just a mind or body adrift, 

It's etched in the marrow, a painful rift. 

Not simply the eyes, but a haunting awareness, 

A cry for connection met with cold fairness. 

Once burned, twice hesitant, they wear their scars, 

Misjudged as distant, beneath the stars. 

They wander through gatherings, yet feel so apart, 

Their essence overshadowed, a weight on the heart. 

In a world that forgets, their shadows grow tall, 

A silent existence, where silence says it all.

Innocence

 

yaa ummee - Remembering my mother

A moment in Time

 

A moment in Time            

                                                                                Abu-Tameem

Every thought envisaged and every prayer said, is just another moment in time that has passed by

Man was not created to live eternally in this world which is but an abode for a finite time until we die

Yet Satan, the horned and accursed one, has so easily found the weakness of man, a somewhat forgetful creature

Desiring paradise, but considers not time his friend, even just a moment in time,  and so seek, in this world, eternal leisure

Those, who truly understand, will know that life on earth is not that long, but it is merely a moment in time

The eternal life of paradise with its beauty does await us, save for those who will commit the ultimate crime

Fooled are they who seek only the pleasure of this world and look to dominate and mastery of all other

Alas by their guile, under the misguidance of one undoubtedly evil, they do poison minds and clear thinking smother

How amazing a creation are we not, such that to God we owe gratitude for the perfection in truly amazing detail

Our worship is as flawed as the harm we bring to our bodies when we recognise not what the rights of our bodies entail

An immune system well organised to ward off alien invasion except that you follow not the guidance of its Creator

Eat from that which is wholesome from the ground which He made fertile through the rains he sent as a blessing

Nay, man is impatient and ungrateful, finding ways that bring harm to himself as he with his body is messing

The Most Perfect Creator has left nothing to chance but gave respite to Satan to mislead man if he really can

Like the Pied piper does Satan lead man astray as he diverts from the true guidance as he does plot and plan

Subjugate them and make them forget that life in this world is nothing more than a moment in time

Offer to save lives with the deadliest of means for which they will hurriedly line up like it is showtime

Beguiled and befuddled are the masses by masters who have much love for the dollar like there’s no end to this life

Truth is belittled and trampled upon while the tsunami of lies does cause many a painful death and earth-shattering strife

The best of speech is that of our Creator so take just a moment of time and attentively you must lend an ear

He says “then which of the favours will you deny?”  amongst which is the well-designed body whose harm you now fear

Why then do you challenge your Most Merciful Lord with your insistence of getting help from Satan and his cronies

When his promises are false and they are those who today are masquerading as your saviours are but indeed phonies

Eat from the wholesome food from your Lord, the Best Provider, and refrain from a needle that in it has only harm

When you realise that your life on earth is but a moment in time, place your faith in God and not a shot in the arm.

 

 

 

 

 

Love is Magical

The Clock Ticks

When your time is due
Others' lives won't stop for you
Each life has his own clock
But this is your last tick tock
No one knows your pain
Knocked about without restrain
It's time to say goodbye
the tears swelling in your eye
You had a chance to do good
Not always as you should
It's all now at an end
One last prayer to amend
Now they he was so young
Is the story that is far flung
He had no way to tell
But he was rather unwell
A last sigh a final breathe
He was overcome by death.

The greatest father

I had a dream, I had a dream to be a great father
But in truth it takes more than one person to be that father
For without offspring that was never a dream to be true
Blessed indeed am I that I have a son like you

If what you have achieved was mostly to please me
Understand in your life it is always between you and He
Always a parent is anxious for his child that he may fall
Fearing to get up and not battling to win the ball

How you straightened my back since I too must meet expectations
Of a child who since young was great with his recitations
He loved always to kick a ball and loving the playground to be the field
While as a dad I think only that I must from the dangers you shield

I realised and understand that your life and era is a time beyond us
Watching you grow you may not have understood the fuss
It's not about the detail but always about the goal
For I may not live to see it all as from my body departs my soul

But you are smart and wisdom will come with time
Life is more than a poem that has some rhyme
It is to love and be loved and be the greatest son
For without him no father can be great when all is said and done

Ah the pride when a father sees his child facing the world with strength
Overcoming obstacles and with perseverance triumphs at length
The world's greatest father is he who has the greatest son
If I had to do it all over I'll will have you replaced by none.

As the clock ticks by, rush not into another year
Enjoy your youth and approach the future with no fear
Arm yourself with conviction, faith and determination
Stay true for this dad is for you full of admiration

It's all about love

It's all about love

The best part of love is to feel your warm embrace
Even though I so dearly love to look at your face
But being cuddled and holding each other tightly
Such that to separate us will take something mighty

How I love to listen to your heart beat
For it's in the heart that love has a seat
With quiet thoughts words need not be spoken
Since to know love silence needs to be broken

Love is special for the one who dedicates time
The heart beat is clearer than the poet's rhyme
It's your love that is what I have always needed
About you I have never anyone's advice heeded

So let me ask you sincerely to be mine
How devastated I'd be if you were to decline
It's only your amazing love that so energises me
There's no one else I want to be close to but thee

The Right to Success

The sign said turn right and you turned left
A setback and losses from it will make it like theft
It is true that sometimes left is right
Confused you ask whether I'm alright

It is always about knowing your bearings
Planned to the point you avoid red herrings
Life is but a road on which we travel
Avoid danger lest it causes things to unravel

But risks we must take for it's not about fear
Although we tread carefully with what we hold dear
Never you think there's not a message in this
For dismissing life's lessons you end in an abyss

So in a nutshell I must advise you on this matter
Keep your eye on the road avoiding idle chatter
Plan a path to success and consider not to fail
For always think of the wind when you do sail

So going from left to right is about direction
But doing right is to ensure your plan gets traction
Risky it may seem when opening a door or two
Knowledge brings more certainty in what you do

With conviction we are positive we stay strong
Results will reveal itself it won't take long
Patience though for you place constraints on time
We can keep shifting but everything has its paradigm

Soon

Soon

Our life on earth gets shorter with each heartbeat

Then it'll be too late that hearts do meet

When our minds are closed so too a door

A door of opportunity for us love to restore

With  time we do forget what once was something

How we cast aside the good without even blinking

When the caller comes life from our body depart

There'll be no tears for hard was the heart

But there'll be a time we'll meet our Lord

Life has ended soon we'll see what we scored

All our deeds weighing heavily on the good scale

Then one add deed and we that day fail

Yet few ponder even while the information is clear

Isn't it  about bonds and all we hold dear

Be My Wife

I have seen you close I have seen you from afar

A smile that lights up all around as if you are a star

How I longed that you be mine to forever be by my side

Being the star you to me always to goodness guide

Would that I be able to always bring you joy

I will kill the bull and the fly if it you annoy

But somehow  I know if you want more than that

I fear my failings are exposed at a drop of a hat

How ever can I expect that you accept me, a lowly peasant

Never would I want that my beloved must me resent

And so I shy away and dream only of a blissful life

With full knowledge that you are the only to be my wife.

Dear Truth

Dear Truth,
I notice how everyone keenly your friendship does claim
As if you ought not run through every vein
They realise not that you like blood do flow
Stories, their words are new which you already know
Thought out with precision misleading the one who hears
Enough to bring every honest person to absolute tears
Reminded I am always for patience with their lies
Like hot air their words to the sky rise
All that remains is the one friend called truth
Refreshing as always as if it's our eternal youth
Embracing you as you are part of my being
Your importance has made me wealthier than a king

Sometimes

Sometimes life has a way to teach one even one lesson
Sometimes it may be that it takes a lifetime before realisation

Sometimes it seems that everyone saps the life out of you
Sometimes with failure after failure you know not what to do

Sometimes you think that your contribution maybe helpful
Sometimes everyone expects you only to be dutiful

Sometimes you show your frustration at mere rejection
Sometimes you regret your action upon reflection

Sometimes you struggle to figure what role to play
Sometimes you may want to but then it's better nothing you say

Sometimes you think people's acceptance of you is respect
Sometimes you wonder if the opposite means to reject

Sometimes you sit and wonder at the confusion of it all
Sometimes you consider why your eyes out you do bawl

Sometimes it is merely that you don't know the “when”
Sometimes one must say this feeling of rejection never again

Sometimes we must be patient for we know not the reason
Sometimes it is that we were placed here for others’ repletion

Sometimes it is best that we quietly carry on with life
Sometimes one just has to do a little more to avoid strife

Sometimes with these many tests we are bombarded
Sometimes we learn and with time we are no longer red-carded

Sometimes we must take time to learn our role in life
Sometimes it's in silence we do look forward to the afterlife

Sometimes our test in life is more about our patience
Sometimes  it's sobering to know you will not meet other's expectations

Sometimes it's necessary to continue the best that you can be
Sometimes being agreeable to others will set you free

Goodbye my friend

Goodbye my friend it's hard not to cry
But the contentment with Allah's decree we can't deny

Too soon is only for our earthly desire
Your life's fulfilment is what we admire

Strange how we met before you tied the knot
Your friendship in some way found in my heart a spot

Not always close in person but not distant in thought
Many things spoken and unspoken me you taught

And even now in death your fate is a reminder
Of your gentle character and no one kinder

As people gathered to pray and pay their respects
For sure it's prayers our Lord never rejects

Yes, we met at a time you took a bride
Eventually you took my choice of car as a ride

But your studious nature made you fairly well-read
And follow your example I can't tread

But in your children you leave behind those with love
For a father who treated everybody with kid glove

A wife so proud of having been your wife
For many came too soon the end of your life.

Farewell my friend as you journey to a world beyond
May Allah grant that we meet in paradise at the pond.

Eternal Love

Eternal Love

In true relationships a man and a woman do not a couple make

Except that they share a bond that they will not easily forsake

With the utmost sincerity they pledge their eternal love to each other

With ups and downs, but little do life's obstacles their relationship do bother

Something you will notice is that both are doing their best to see the other happy

Tiredness and even some illness will make neither one to the other snappy

We all know that no one is perfect and it is the faults we must overlook

Except our own we address that one day we can happily say we forsook

 

So old we grow together remembering especially every good time

The graciousness with which we live will make even our waddle then so sublime

So when we said our vows it certainly did not include "till death do us part"

Because in paradise we will meet and that I believe with all my heart

I will miss you

 I dedicate the poem below to a dear friend, Faadiel Nordien (1954 - 2014). One only truly appreciates a person when they are no longer there. But, allow me to say a few words which is a dedication to him and I say this with all love and respect.

I pray that Almighty Allah showers him with His mercy and grant him a lofty place in Paradise - Aameen 

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I will miss you

People celebrate anniversaries in so many different ways

 Today we celebrate the anniversary of our friendship

 Along the years you taught me much so I sing your praise

 Simple, down to earth, on your shoulder was never a chip
 

 But one quickly learns about you, the prankster and joker

 Quick-witted and subtle you were in your humour

 Causing red faces while straight-faced you were as if a game of poker

 Many a time most were caught while likely in a stupor

 

 You taught me without fear of me eclipsing you in ambition

 Rather you were to most a mentor and a friend

Upon reflection, no doubt you quietly bore pain and rejection

 This clearly did not stop you from your normal trend

 

 So many years have passed since we first did meet

 And our Lord knows best why He chose this day

 That our friendship on this earth must be complete

 You have left for greener pastures while we do stay

 

 Never a goodbye to a friend but rather farewell, so long

 I have not met a person but from him a lesson I did draw

 Perhaps about you I should write a book of lessons so strong

 I remember the day we met but now in this world I will see you no more

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#faadielnordien #mentor #prankster #anniversary

Happiness

 

I had the world at my feet and the happiness seemed complete

But this life is but a blink of an eye and everything seems like deceit

If strife and struggle do better equip us for the ultimate joy

Then I will surely give everything including that most expensive toy

 

But we are beguiled by this world not realising that life is very short

Building huge mansions and having much money true happiness cannot be bought

It is the knowledge that our sustenance and provision is from our Lord

He gives whom He wills but truly the next life is the ultimate reward

 

We place our trust firmly in His hands as He is the Supreme

Fancy cars and holidays is pretty much we all believe make a dream

Our best endeavours are not always good enough so we may fail

If only we knew our dependence on His goodwill will out of difficulty us bail

 

What we see and hear develops our different dreams and aspiration

We feel pain for our lack and for others we have so much admiration

We long to be their equals and taste of what we so much long for

But we see in our current situation merely a closed door

 

The pain sets in as all around seem happy and relaxed

My body is already numb and even the little I have is taxed

I so much wanted happiness but sadness and regret has overtaken me

The reality to this all I try to hide so that none can see