Ya Ramadan, holiest of all months
With luxurious scent of the bitter almonds.
A month of forgiveness and piety,
I proclaim Allah as my God, and no diety;
Ya Ramadan that clothed my heart with deen
And made me worry not 'bout how life had been.
The month where all worries turn to joy,
When Allah says all sins He shall destroy;
Ya Ramadan Oh Ramadan leaveth not yet,
For I'm loving your company that makes me forget-
The soothingness of pain and the hurt of smiles,
Like dancing to ukulele and sliding on tiles;
Ya Ramadan the purifier of souls,
I'm paying my dues in Dua and settling my tolls,
Make me newer before you leave again, Ya Ramadan,
I just wanna be me, not necessarily Jagaban!
#GaliDaPoet #Ramadan Series #2024
Sublime, sapphire soul.
Stability, soothingness.
Soulful, sustained songs.
1/29/2021
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I tried to communicate with you
Bared out my soul on my lips and my emotions through my words
Made plain my darkest, most embarrassing insecurities and needs
Not withholding for a moment anything that put me at unease.
I laid my doubts before you: my heart battered, bruised and broken
Craving tender responses, and the gentle soothingness of your reassurance
But words led to arguments, and arguments to distance
As we traded accusations across like terpsichoreans in an impassioned dance
Till suddenly I found myself lonely... and alone
All because I had dared to dislodge emotional cornerstones
So words no longer became the path to emancipating my emotions
I swallowed up my feelings and let them simmer like a slow-brewing potion
For if you cannot feel my pain, laid plain through my words
Then perhaps you can perceive them in my Silence...
#BlueRain
2017
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