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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 

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.

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

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 

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