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