Allah Loneliness Poems

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Tonight, here in this bed, he lies alone
Half open windows catch the smell of grass
The clock emits a soft electric drone
and minutes stretch to hours,...

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no I am not alone
my shadow is my companion
least there is no light

I've been to lonely mountain tops
prayed in the most beautiful mosques

I found God...

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The miracle is restoring
joy.

Sometimes this means bringing back the dead,
Opening the eyes of the blind,
Restoring limbs,
and so on,
but these are just means to a Greater...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Great Wall

In this land, far from home, 
I can not “call out” your Name. 
They… will put me in a dark place, 
and leave...

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Hocus Pocus

Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling, 
“things” they had no idea, were there at all. 

Sadly poets don’t always know how...

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Her Crown

Your glory is soft,
and falls all about your shoulders. 
It is ever lovely, 
a river of sweetness.

I want… to comb your hair.
I desire…to comb...

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Soldier

March off to war, 
protect the ones you love…
and even the ones you do not…
At what cost?

Sweet memories you will not have, 
of all the...

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Gone

The light came in the window.
It is morning. I am sick inside. 
I am always sick inside now. 

Every day is a task. 
I look...

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I asked all the wrong people
To love me
To cherish me
For they were only travellers
And stopped at a garden like me
Intrigued by my flowers
And I loved...

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Relationships are neither simple nor perfect 
Ever-evolving responsibilities and a unique bond
A delicate poise connects love and emotions
Are invariably thick by any yardstick and gives...

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i wander if you can see me
I wander if you can hear me
I wander if you can see my struggles
I wander if you can feel...

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Don't you worry about Hanna, 
She will be by you - an old shoe -
If that sent heavenly manna
Was in fact intended for you....

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Even though others couldn’t wake up in the morning
With cries and wailing
Filling up their homesteads
I thank you God
That I still walk on this earth
Having given...

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The Wandering Yogi 

From city to city, from every  town to town
Catching every smile to smile, every frown to frown.
His allegiance...

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