Joseph Matose Poet Ballad

Yusuf

Yusuf


Gimme a Moslem name
Gimme the Mercy of Islam
Let empathy be the flame
That fires who I am!

Humble Youth of chaste
Unblemished in his path
Who loathes wanton taste
Who fears God’s wrath;

A Dreamer I might be
By whom Divinities speak
Spiritually blind to see
And to uplift the weak.

Make me Son of the meek
Who basks in no blame
Who tirelessly seek
Nothing, but Yusuf’s name.


JM

18th Nov’ 2013

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Sara Kendrick November 19, 2013 at 5:53 AM Work that speaks of your knowledge of many faiths..Enjoyed reading this morning..Sara

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri November 18, 2013 at 1:51 PM Wow yes yusuf is joseph's name in arabic. Dis was a sweet lovely superb poem, song too. Joseph Matose November 18, 2013 at 11:16 PM Thanks for the comment. Besides being my name, I am inspired by both Josephs in the Holy Books. To avoid being mistaken for writing about myself, being a Joseph, I decided to tackle it from the angle of a Great Religion of Islam. I read a lot of Scholarly books of Islam; I dedicated this quest for knowledge in one of my poems entitled "Scholar." Friend, JM