Sunday 7 December 2014

Faithless

Faithless



When did faith become so confusing?
When was belief a matter of choosing?
Why does the heart fall far into the cold?
In due time we’re growing old

Why does the Earth crack in between the ground?
Why do the people never stand up and shout?
Why do we follow blindly what we don’t see?
Is this our reality?

While the populous fight
To see the one true light
Illuminated by the will to die
Is this way that we want to live our lives?

For there is no doubt in me
That God is free
So why must we pay with voluntary slavery
To the unknown powers that be

And while the cross is burning
The moon split into 7-7
Buddha cries and
The parting seas come together

The world is searching for that one true key
To eternal immortality 
But in this hunt they find 
That they can leave peace behind
And while innocent die
We all close our eyes

So no more shaking hands 
No more telling lies
No more fake self righteous dirty smiles
No more hidden truth
Behind manmade rules
Because Almighty God has let us choose
So if we can choose to find our way
And you can make up new rules everyday
Then I choose to sail alone
And hope that I am guided right back home











Friday 31 October 2014

X


X


Sail away and leave the past behind
Head to the gates of the Most Sublime

Don’t waste time
On this element of minimal purpose
This world is yours man
All the gifts and curses

Still we worship
And stay true
To the path we know
No need to go astray
No need to climb off the boat

Instead let’s sail till the waves run dry
And the ocean fades into dust beneath us
Then raises up
And swallows the sky
Yet keeps us sitting on the edge
Our feet thrust
Out into the open air

As we soar through the tumbling universe
Avoiding the comets as they zoom past our ears
Heading towards the heavenly stairs
No need to mistrust

We’re all here
All the honest men last till the end
No fear
All the good deeds turned into gold
And all those memories left untold
Stay untold until the sky unfolds.








Sunday 26 October 2014

Moon Race

Moon Race 



I’m from a land in a distant place
Way past Neptune into distant space
My father bit the apple in forgetfulness
And then I fell through the crimson nebulae
Into the earth with the human race

So we reach for stars or try to be one
Live off light from the prodigal sun
But there’s no holy trinity
That can keep me together
And God; there’s only One

Has the moon reached its stations yet?
Have the trumpets from space been blown?
Did you recall or did you forget?
That this world has never been your home.

So we outgrow all that we know
In search for truth in this summer snow
And as the rainbow splits the light into six plus one
Seven nations beneath the gold

We must unite for our souls to glow
To return to the land in a distant place
So before the moon hits the finish line
And trumpets blow
Let’s make the most of this Human race.



Wednesday 24 September 2014

A Flower Blooms

All this time I feel it’s raining
All over me it’s pouring
All the pain and distress
I cannot forget

Yet after rain the bud starts growing
Then the petals start to reach out
And a beautiful flower has bloomed without knowing
Inside my head

There is no need for me to mask
All that I feel for feeling is human
I must embrace the pain and take all I can get

To scream, to cry and bleeding
Are all signs of your soul healing
I must challenge my perspective on this loneliness

Her heart it starts dissolving
And her memory is fading
But I know inside I deserve more than I get

So I push out all the wrong people
And stick to those who treat me equal
Escape from being dragged down to those deeper depths

Holding onto fierce resentment
Is liking gargling black poison
Inside your soul, inside your heart and in your head

So I must learn to let go of those
Despite the pain that they all caused me
Learn to forgive the world and learn to forget

Each experience, each moment
We have is precious and clear
So I challenge myself to make the best

Of what the Lord has given to me
With gratitude and simple prayer
I can spread my wings and fly out of this nest

Life will knock you down
Your soul can only burden what it can bear
So refuse to let yourself fall down and get depressed

Take the wisdom from each moment
Draw your power from your pain
And remain positive and blessed
Through your distress

Hope is always near
No need to cry so loud to hear it
Remember this life is nothing but a test

So always keep your faith in your heart
Never wonder from the straight path
And find your way back home with God to lay and rest.




Saturday 26 July 2014

A New Day

A New Day



Fear falls down on its knees 
As the sunlight bursts between the leaves
The blessing of day
A chance to start new 
Leave this haunted past behind you 
Forget what's yours 
And focus on His
Return to salvation
Keep your promise 
Do not fail in the words you speak
For He remembers all you've said when you seek, when you seek

The pivotal point 
Of your destiny 
Depends very heavily 
On change heavenly 
God bless us with empathy
And grant us a remedy
Especially against
The enemy and jealousy 
Envy was his legacy
And his downfall came secondly
For if we follow those same tendencies
We will find we'll deteriorate 
Physically and mentally
So let's stop acting recklessly 
Trying to find a life full of ecstasy
Unsteady so instead lets keep our minds presently 
And be deputies with clarity and credibility 
In our words & actions we act sensibly 
Worship The Lord most splendidly 
And to the world we act pleasantly
For we believe heavily in equality
So let's walk the Earth blessedly 
Recite His verses with rhythmic melody
And be in awe of each new day
Breathlessly



Saturday 5 July 2014

Harris Gardens

Harris Gardens

How many fools lose their way
Chasing gold and smiles
How many mothers sat crying 
Cos they've lost their child 
How many families torn
Due to selfishness 
How many broken dreams 
Due to selflessness 

How many tears shed
For the crippled hearts 
How many unmade beds 
For the long departed 
How many kids in the street with no ambition 
How many guys sat behind desks reminiscing 
About the good times we had
And how the world used to flourish 
How many times did we laugh 
As our souls were nourished

But we chose this path 
To eventual misery 
As we chased our desires
Clothes and money
How many empty bedrooms
With no occupants 
How many silent nights 
With dim lights and fast food 
How many mothers at work 
With no time for thinking 
How many families 
Separated from the home 

A house left in ignorance
A time of blessing 
Faded away 
Like this dream of success 
And we all have left now
Is each other 
How much time do we spend 
Loving one another 

Dear God please save 
This house torn in two
Siblings gone askew
Until the end of time 
Please bring us back 
Oh the Most Sublime
To a time where we knew You
A time where we were true
A time where You loved us

And we adorned You




Monday 16 June 2014

October 4th

October 4th

I need to find a way
To clear the smoke
That’s filled up my mind

It’s been 4 years now
Since I first met you
And loved that smile

But now this pain
Won’t let me go
It hurts each time

I try to find the words to say
But I can’t seem
To let it die

It’s all because I saw in you
What you can’t see
This shining light

But faith it has
Its complicity
To make us both blind

And so I walk..
I walked away
But you ran
You ran from me

And I can’t seem to get this image
Out of my mind
Where we both lived so carefree
And drifted through time

The age it shows upon our faces
We both waste time
Chasing…chasing
A dream that could have been
A love lost in between



Friday 13 June 2014

So Far Away...

So Far Away...


I step through clouds
The stars my guide
I seek for love
Electric tears fill my eyes
A lost soul

A human being
In a different world 
The sun rises
On the morn of a new day
These days fly by so fast
A year disappears

I cannot win against time
The world it'll spin
With or without me

The Artist paints
A beautiful night
A staircase of clouds
I step through the sky

You and I
Entwined
By the mystical moon
But You're so far from me
And I'm so far from you










Monday 9 June 2014

True Love

True Love



My love for You
Cannot be replaced
I long to return
To, smell, to taste
The rivers of joy
You've prepared for me
These eyes long
To gaze upon
What we cannot see

The other world
Is where I long to be
And I cannot wait
For death to take me
My heart has felt this serenity
From the moment
You created me
I cannot leave behind
What You have given to me
So I seek for the One

To live eternally



Friday 30 May 2014

Tree Tales

Tree Tales


The trees have secret meetings
In the middle of the night
They whisper tales
From leaf to leaf
Till the break of light

They talk about the things they've seen
And the stories they've learned
There's a tale for all of us
Many left untold
Many unheard.

Listen close
To the mumbles of the branches
For learned men know
The lesson between these mystic trances

Keep your ear close
As the roots begin to weep
A story told for you
And a story told for me.




Saturday 24 May 2014

Green And Gold

Green & Gold


Many moons ago
The sun shone through the cracks
And caused the moon to glow
Split in the sky into 24
The galaxies began to fall
Into the Earth's atmosphere
A father's love has no fear
I sat with her and watched it all
In awe
The gold and green
Filled my eyes
A baby girl
Sat in surprise
The mum is worried but the sky
Has so much more to give her eyes
A lifetime went by
In only 6 minutes
How time is irrelevant to the wondering soul
It's spirit cast between both
Worlds
It's destination and departure the same place we call home
And as the nebulae spill across
The world up above
This tapestry of love
Is bursting at the seams
It falls it falls
The stars drip onto me
The gold and green
It's so serene

This 6 minute dream





Monday 19 May 2014

The Flower & The Bee

The Flower & The Bee

Spring comes around
The flower blooms
It's smell fills the air
The sweetness spreads
The bees appear 
And begin to take what’s theirs
In order for them to survive this year

For without the blossoming flower
These bees will have no purpose
And without purpose these bees
Have no reason for existence

So while the bee depends on the flowers growth
For its personal growth
The flower lets the bee take all
The sweetness that it knows

Until there’s nothing left
And the flower has given all that it can give
The bee no longer returns
After taking what it can get

The flower is left
With no regrets
No bad feelings of remorse
For without its existence
The bees around it 
Could no longer be born

And as the year goes by
The seasons change
The flower falls and dies
Until next year when spring comes again
It lays and rests its eyes

But God is merciful 
And restores hearts
To the way they’re supposed to be
So the next year the flower is fully restored
With the love and sweetness
For the bee

So when people come into your life
And take all they can get
Don’t let it get you down or upset
Don’t let your petals
Fill with tears and get wet

Instead wait for the season to pass
And the cycle to renew
Have patience for 
The sweetness that God has put in you
Is a mercy 
For all those you endue





Tuesday 6 May 2014

Preston

Rivulets of light 
Through British cities 
I miss the smell of the morning
On the northern air

A southern boy
Spent all my life
Surrounded by the Queens English 
But there was something about
The tone of voice 
That captivated my heart and mind

Desolate 
A town of sin
Yet deep within
I found a beauty therein 
Of an everlasting kind

Memories 
Of pure bliss
A summers day was so rare that 
When it came 
We appreciated it more 



Sunday 4 May 2014

The Opening

The Opening


You took the time 
To create these eyes
So I could see this
World around me

You took the time to weave 
My hair
So it flows in the wind
That you embrace me with

You took the time 
To create this smile
So I could laugh
And be a mercy to mankind

You took the time
To breathe ever flowing life
Into these little 
Lungs of mine

Out of all the souls in existence
You took the time 
To make mine

I have never felt
Such love and appreciation
For the One who created
This little heart of mine

Because while the world
Abandoned me
You took the time 
To embrace me quietly

ar-Rahmân
ar-Rahîm
Take my hand
And lead me back home
To the Promised Land

Where you took the time
The care, love and devotion
To create this soul of mine

I owe this life
To the Most Sublime
Allah and the 99
Names for the Most High

The Lord of the Worlds
The only One worthy of worship
Ya-Rabb
I seek your companionship

To be close to You
Is all I need
To find immortal life
And be ever free.




Bismillaah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem

Al hamdu lillaahi rabbil ‘alameen

Ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Maaliki yaumid Deen

Iyyaaka na’abudu wa iyyaaka nasta’een

Ihdinas siraatal mustaqeem

Siraatal ladheena an ‘amta’ alaihim

Ghairil maghduubi’ alaihim waladaaleen

Aameen



In the name of Allah, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.

The Compassionate, the Merciful. Ruler on the Day of Reckoning.

You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help.

Guide us on the straight path,
the path of those who have received your grace;
not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray.


Amen.



Thursday 1 May 2014

Mercy

Mercy


You didn’t ask for much
Except my belief in You
You observed and watched
All those times I disobeyed You

You didn’t punish me
For all the stupid things I did
Because You love me more than I know
And more than I can give

The Most Merciful
The Most Forgiving
Why has it taken me so long
To realise what I was missing?

You didn’t say a word
When I walked and went astray
For You just listened to my pain
And hoped I found myself again

And you always guided me
Through all the light
And through the rain
Back to your mercy
I remain. I remain.

You say You are what I think of You
And when I remember You
You remember me
If I mention You within myself
You mention me within Yourself

And if I draw near you the distance
Of a cubit, a hand span
You draw near to me the distance
Of two open wide arms

And as I walk to you
You run to me
The barriers of disbelief
Shatter until there is no me
And only then do I believe
That there is nothing in existence
Besides Your infinite Mercy.




"Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My mercy excels My wrath."








It's Time

It's Time


The time has now come
To split the sea
To walk the one and only path
To success and victory

I've grown tired of games
And chasing the wrong fuel
When all the heart needs
Is pure love from You

Cleanse the lens
Polish the mirror
The reflection shines brightly
Of the Divine

The time has now come
To split the moon
To rectify the mistakes of youth
To journey back to You

From falsehood
To Manhood
From Single
To Slave

The pig and the dog
Will no longer be obeyed
Remove the veil of false idols
From the crystal of my heart

To see that there is only one to be
Worshipped from the start

The Lord of all hearts
The Lord of the worlds
The Lord of the universe
The Lord of love and compassion

The Lord of each boy and girl
The Lord of each sign and verse
The Lord of all action and reaction
It’s hard to fathom

But this journey can only begin
With acceptance
And surrender within

The time has now come
To rise from the dead
This heart is reborn
With the love of the Beloved.



                     لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله



Sunday 27 April 2014

The King

I seek 
I step
The bishop takes the king 
I cried 
I wept
This palace is in ruin 
I purge 
I roar
This sultan needs no advisor
I reset
The board
The king takes the rook
I banish appetency
The knight takes all the pawns
I seek
I step
The king removes the queen
There is
No room
For two kings in this city
I seek 
I step
For this vessels sovereignty 



Sunday 20 April 2014

Coccinellidae

Coccinellidae



This water drips
Right off my back
This red compliments
This white and black
I travel the world
With my soul intact
And my goal is that
I find the One
Who created
The wings I flap






Long Distance Relationships (Japanese)

遠距離恋愛


風が落ちた木の葉を抱き寄せて
秋の太陽が私を取り巻く
私の影がこの知ってた道を歩く

忘れないよ.約束だから
この思い出は私の魂の網膜に銘じられた
君のことを呼んでくる
一人でいることが怖いから

写真はこの物語を伝わる
君が私が創造したことないため
でも夜の帳は私の心を縛り上げて
君のことが見えなくなる

金属の鷲の鳴き声が
私たちの愛を叩き壊す
またも一人で起きる
本当だったかもしれない恋





Saturday 19 April 2014

Celestial Banquet

Celestial Banquet


As I float in space
I'm surrounded by
Many moons that orbit
My soul
Each moon moves round
And round and round
I wonder what I did to deserve this

A gift of elegance
This celestial banquet
My thirst quenched
By rivers of honey and milk

A young man dressed in all white approaches
Greets me with blessings and embraces my hand
He takes me away beyond the banquet
To a world in which there is no moon
There is no sun

But light is abundant
The shade of the moon
Replaced with a shade of compassion
The musk that fills the atmosphere here
Is sweeter than any one can imagine

And so this angel of death
Shows me to my home
The eternal abode
I had longed for
"Friend of God!
Please enter your home
And therein you will stay
Beyond time and space"


InshAllah





Monday 14 April 2014

TB: Trust

Trust


Be it the howling of the wind 
Or the dark cloaked figure that haunts my dreams 
No one can tell me how 
To face my worldly destiny 

I approach the future cautiously 
With the sword of benevolence 
Cutting through the lies and deceit 
To find my way through the web of hypocrisy 

God shines upon me the heavenly beam 
To light the path through the darkness and greed 
To find the one true love I long to seek 
In my heart is where I want it to be. 

Because my heart is made not of silver or gold 
Or flesh that can be pierced by a woman’s lust 
My heart is my sanctuary for all I believe 
This is why it is made up of trust. 




TB: Long Distance Relationships

Long Distance Relationships

As the wind embraced the fallen leaves 
The autumn sun surrounds me 
And my shadow walks the path we once knew 

I won't forget I promise 
Each moment burned into the retina of my soul 
And I call out for you 
for I am afraid of being alone. 

The pictures tell the story 
And prove you were not a part of my imagination 
But the darkness binds my heart 
And I see you no more. 

The roars of the soaring metal eagles 
shatter the love we both shared 
Once again I wake up alone 
A love that could have been...




TB: Silent Killer

Silent Killer


One by one we fall apart 
Shattered souls and broken hearts
The killer shows his face in time
The laughing smile inside your mind

And it’s so sad knowing
That I’m killing me
And it’s so sad knowing
That that’s all I’ll ever be

Cos she won’t come to save me
When I need her next to me
Because I broke her heart and then broke mine
Then I died inside my mind…


TB: Dealing With Schizophrenia


Dealing With Schizophrenia



A part of me sometimes feels
As if there was a part of me missing
And the other part sometimes feels
To cry while my heart is reminiscing
And a part of me feels no emotion
For loneliness and despair
And the other part of me feels so different
As if the first part wasn't there
While a part of me leaves one eye open
The other part prefers one closed
And when a part of me can't take the pressure
The other part seems to know
A part of me is my own best friend
While the other part longs for love
These two parts make me so whole
They go together like turtle doves
And without one part I'd feel as if
I'd faded away silently
Because without two parts I feel as if
There's nobody left but me.





TB: Sepia Tone

ThrowBack: Sepia Tone



Throwback poems are poems that I have written many years ago that I feel need a place somewhere in the ether. 



I sit and watch in silence as the whole world shakes
The sky cracks open and the sun no longer shines
Rivers flow with fire, trees turn to dust
And the wind blows the devils thoughts into your mind

A single red leaf flutters through the sky
And the rain burns away the many sins of men
The clouds draw in close, as lightening tears the moon
The angel of death’s coming but they don’t know when

As the people of the world start to panic and run
I sit there with a smile, my pad and my pen
Watching the world crumble in sepia tone
As I hear the voice whisper “It’s the end, the end”

The end…



The Stream of Consciousness


The Stream of Consciousness 

What is it that drives us?
To emotionally propel through life
At a speed beyond our time
So the winds of Chronos
Batters our faces

Death approaches sooner than later
With hairs of white creeping from the sides
They spiral and tangle within my mind
Wisdom; the key to immortal life

And so I write
Each moment recorded for my heart’s content
The words etched on the tablet of time
Floating through space
Like cold lifeless rocks
These meaningless thoughts
This life is short
But each day ticks away
A part of mankind we can no longer save

Am I brave enough to battle it?
Or just stand aside and watch it?
Shall I try my best to fulfil it?
Or let the soldiers come and kill it?

These words portray
A man inside
A promise made
Through blood and lies
A twisted fate
A broken soul
A hardened heart
A bitter cold
They keep emerging
From below
The depths of knowledge
Best left Unknown
Until they decide to show
Or until I decide to know




Sunday 13 April 2014

Closer

Closer


The street lights
Help my shadow live
But I'm embraced by the light
That the moon gives

For this lonely night shows none
But I
And this shadow of mine

In the dark he disappears
As I walk the world not of men
They stare as I cover my hair
And face
A hood and cloak to hide the light
From the moon embracing

I walk between both worlds
And slip through the realms of time
And space
The oddity of it all
Leaves nothing but
The moon embracing

My mind is torn like an old diary
Pages covered in drops of tears
The hope of love
And a far away land
Closer than
My jugular vein

Closer than
My jugular vein
I remind myself each day
It's closer than
My jugular vein



Sunday 6 April 2014

The Dreamer & The Believer

The Dreamer & The Believer



 A dreamer lays his head to rest
In the last third of the night
A believer lays his head to rest
In prostration towards the light
The dreamer enjoys reverie
The believer searches for the key
To the dream to come true while awake
The dreamer never knows of this mind state
The believer thus opens the door to fate
And his dreams come true while he’s wide awake.
For the believer was once a dreamer
But with open eyes prayed for what he needs
While the dreamer lays his head to rest
And only sees what is in his sleep.   



Soar With Love

Soar With Love



I don’t want to fall in love
But fly with love
Like the falcons that lock talons
And fall to the ground
To experience a moment of sudden death

Human beings are until death do us part
Yet these birds of prey
Fall to death and from there start
Their love as they soar the skies
And this courtship marks the beginning
Of a love that soars and does not fall ever again. 



雨の匂い (English)

The Smell of Rain



I love the way it smells
Before the rain falls from the sky
The birds that circle start to cry
The hands on my watch speed fast through time
In a blink of an eye, my future’s here. 

I try my best to cherish each moment
The songs birds’ song grows fond in my heart
But with ease comes hardship so before the storm
We spend a lot of time enjoying life from the start

But I’ll wait to ride this storm of life
And if I’m patient the future will shine brighter
The blue sky sparkles just like your face
And we cherish each moment, embraced.

Those moments will definitely come in life
So that’s why I love the smell of the rain
They say when it rains the ground around us hardens
In a blink of an eye, my future’s here.



雨の匂い

雨の匂い


雨が降る前の匂いが好きで
森にいる鳥の声が綺麗
僕の時計の針が早すぎて、
あっという間に、僕の未来

その瞬間が大事したかった
鳥の鳴き声が恋しくなった
でも嵐が来る前に
少し楽な時がかなり多かった

でも嵐の後を待つ
がまんしたら未来が明るくなってくる
青空が君の顔のように輝く
一緒に楽な時間を過ごす

その時がきっといつか来るから、
雨が降る前の匂いが好きで
雨降って地固まってくる

あっという間に、僕の未来



The Renaissance


The Renaissance 



Am I really all that different
From what you perceive me to be?
Aren't we all one brotherhood
Connected by the tree?

So why do you look at me
Like I don’t belong beside you
Is it the way I comb my hair?
Or the way that I pray like you

Why do you place a distance
Between the purity of faith
And the way I dress?
For love holds no resistance
For those who gave
Their time for blessings

But you seem so quick to judge me
Without knowing who is beyond this shirt
If you tore out my flesh and bones
You’d see a soul! Broken and hurt

It stings to know that while you still judge
We can never grow closer to the One
For when you equate appearances with piety
A difference appears between girls and nuns

But I will not let you take my faith
I will not let you steal my light
I will not let you laugh at my face
I will not let you take away the brightness within me

For the enemy of me stands beside me
And near me
It’s not the ones who disbelieve
But the ones who stand with me

They stab in the back
With looks and laughs
And are eager to establish
Hypocritical traps

But I can’t judge the movement for the people that are in it
Rather than by what the Messenger says
And by looking at the way that the Messenger lived
I realised that this movement is far from His.


The renaissance begins.
Bring your book and pen.








Wednesday 26 March 2014

In Too Deep

In Too Deep


I fall deep into this
Eternal feeling of submission
The depths of belief 
Open up for exploration

Am I blinded by the treasure?
The chest filled with desire?
Lust and gold all in one
Rubies and sapphires

Or am I here to find solace
Where the sounds of life are muted
Floating in liquid space
The atmosphere is therapeutic

Escape escape escape
From the life outside my mind
Retreat retreat retreat
To this little world of mine

Take each living day
A small step at a time
Never rush when in the ocean
For you never know what you may find

The sea of knowledge may overpower
Crush your body and drag your soul
So you must learn to swim with the current
Not too fast yet not too slow

Ask for guidance from up above
To show you which path is for the righteous
And thank the Lord of peace and love
When faced with waves of desires and tyrants

Don’t lose hope when in too deep
For the water will embrace your journey quietly
Spend your life searching for that which you seek
Is seeking you undeniably.








Saturday 22 March 2014

The War for Hearts

The War for Hearts


Having strange dreams 
Of a place I once a knew  
A life left behind
A life without you

Don't wake me up 

from this dream I called love 
For the moments are precious 
Like each drop from above 

The rain it falls

On this torn battleground
A war between two parts of one
Where no love can be found

The ego is guarded with broken memories

The soul is armed with the words of God 
The heart is the prize
For both contributing sides
But if this war continues they shall have it not 

The scars are deep

Each blink of an eye
Is ticking away at the hands of time 
Wounds do heal 
And memories fade 
But strange dreams always take me back to yesterday 

So while two sides fight for 

The heart in me
It is locked in a chest 
All alone in the sea 

The waves of battle crash 

Against the wall of the chest 
Each painful blow
Felt far beyond the breast 

And I wonder why

I dip high and dip low 
The waves of the ocean 
Aren't straight and so 

They carry this box 

Through the dangers of life 
My heart laying rest
In the hands of the devil 

But The Lord up above 

Returns love justly 
And so this heart in a basket 
Will never fall into peril 

It will grow in the dark 

It will seek for the truth 
It will commit grave sins 
And then hide from the news 

It will spend some years in complete solitude 

And then some years more in complete servitude 

Until it has learned that

The One who created it 
Was the One who filled it 
With love for all of you.




"
River, oh river

Flow gently for me

Such precious cargo you bear...

Do you know somewhere

He can live free

River, deliver him there"


Tuesday 4 March 2014

26.02.89

26.02.89

The day I was born.

What does the Quran say?

Chapter 26:  Ash-shu'ara' The Poets
Verse 02: These are verses of the book that make (things) clear
Verse 89: But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;

Al-hamdulillah!! Amazing what messages I find when seeking for the One.

All praises be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.



Saturday 22 February 2014

Return Home

Return Home


Water and time 
Both entwined 
Cannot step on the same piece twice 
Yet we move along both 
Like dead leaves blown
Across the universe
Body and soul

Torn from the source
We fall into earth 
This body of ours
A gift and a curse

We yearn to return
But hate separation
From the things our eyes 
Have grown to know

So we grow old
In search for a friend
But we forgot the beginning 
So now we don't know the end 

Man is a creature 
Of forgetfulness 
So remind yourself 
Of the eternal abode

The place we call home
The heavens? No 
A place beyond 
Purgatorial limbo

Paradise 
Created for us 
To dwell in forever 
With no more sorrow 

So wish Peace and blessings
On Today and tomorrow
And plant seeds of good deeds
For you'll reap what you sow

Be a light of happiness
For all that you know
And look forward to the journey 

To Paradise
The final abode






Monday 17 February 2014

My Life (Japanese)

僕の人生


僕の人生は情感で押さえてる
各瞬時は忠信で生きてる

愛と疼痛の対称は
海と波のように一緒になってる

ローマの夜で
聖歌隊が歌ってる
コロシアムの壁は
聖歌と血だらけ

コンスタンチノープル、王妃の市
愛と結束の思い出であり

でも今はこの船で一人
時間の風とぶつかったり
世界の果てに向かって
この地球が扁平だったら
いつかこのたびの終わり
けどそうではないから、
もうずっと回ってる。

慰安にもどる
平和にもどる
コンパスを植え替えて
東にもどる
旭日で入渠する
幽境に飛び込んで
神様の道を探る


Your Love (Japanese)

あなたの愛情



あなたの愛

僕の心が分かってる言葉で
僕と話してくれたんだ
その言葉にずっと憧れて
海が白砂と合わせるようだ

あなたの夜が僕を抱き寄せた
あなたの星が僕の導き手
あなたの木が命をくれて
毎日あなたの天日で起きてる

毎日いろんな人の顔を見ている
毎日、ずっとあなたを信じてる
それであなたと近くになれる
その憧れてる言葉のおかげで

あなたの予言者
みなに平安あれ
あなたの愛情を僕に伝えた。

目を閉じて
あなただけ見える
プライドがない人生で生きれる
あなたの言葉で希望があろう

「もしあなたがたにわれから導きが下れば,誰でもわが導きに従う者は迷うことなく,また不幸に陥らないであろう。」

コーラン 20:123




Friday 14 February 2014

Your Love

Your Love


You spoke to me in only words
My heart and mind would understand
I longed for a helping hand
The warmth the sea feels when embraced by the sand

But Your night has always embraced me quietly
The stars have guided me back to my home
Your trees breathe life into my small lungs
Every morning I am awoken by the light of Your sun

The faces I see
Each day I believe
Brings me closer to You
Through the words that I seek
Your Beloved Prophets
Peace be upon them
Helped spread Your message of love and peace

And as I close my eyes
I only see
A life without the ego in me
Your words bring me hope and I quote a few from thee
“….Whoever follows my guidance shall neither go astray or fall into distress or misery”

Surah Twenty verse One Hundred and Twenty Three.
20:123






“Those who believe and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. (As for) those who believe and do good, a good final state shall be theirs and a beautiful place of (final) return.” (13:28-29)

Sunday 9 February 2014

My Life

My Life

My life is governed by my emotions
Each moment filled with true devotion

The symmetry between love and pain
Coming together like waves in the ocean

Nights in Rome
The choir sings
The Colosseum bears
Blood and hymns

Constantinople the queen of cities
Brought memories of love and unity

But I sail alone now in this ship of mine
Against the winds of time
Towards the worlds end
If the world was flat I'd hit the end of the line
But it's not so I'll go right round again


Return to solace
Return to peace
Reset the compass
Return to the east

Dock the ship at the rising sun
Then dive into solitude
And seek The One.





















Saturday 4 January 2014

Goodbye?

Goodbye?


This journey through distant lands and seas
Has lead me to believe that the love I seek
Can no longer be found in heart of the woman I once believed in

For years we tried
To find our ways
Through rebellious paths
Through fun and games
Yet the light that shines above us beckons for more
So we’ve approached the door
Of personal, spiritual, emotional growth
One soul is ready to go through
Whereas the other is stuck between the two

I wish I could wait
I wish I had patience
I wish I could take you with me to the other side
But the choice is yours
And only yours
To seek what is beyond this physical form.

But her eyes are closed. 
Her heart is sealed. 
Her lips are frozen 
And her hands are cold.
She runs through the gate on the other side boldly
To return to the world she 
Has known all along.

As I watch her leave 
Rain falls on my cheeks
A wipe with a sleeve 
Then I tear a leaf out 
Of this journal, grab a pen, 
Clear my mind and begin

And so I write:

This journey through distant lands and seas
Has lead me to believe that the love I seek
Can no longer be found in heart of the woman

 I once believed in.








Thursday 2 January 2014

The Boat

The Boat


This boat sails
On the rivers of light
Leading towards our final destination
The wind in my sails
Carries me through laughter and joy
Sadness and pain
Beyond the physical plane
With much spiritual gain
And as the sun rises
Upon the dawn of a new day
I pull into half sail
And drift slowly to the bay
The flags are raised high
I've arrived home
The vessel shining in the sunlight
Following the compass of my heart all along.