11.11.08

The Best Birthday Poem Ever

Do you feel when the Angel of Death enters a house, or do you see him when he takes out life of anyone? How does he take out the life of an embryo in the womb of his mother? Does he reach it through any part of her body or the spirit responded to his call with the permission of Allah? Or does he stay with him in the mother's interior? How can he who is unable to describe a creature like this, describe Allah?" -Ali ibn Abi Taleb, Lion of Allah, Commander of the Faithful and Chief of all Believers, May Allah be pleased with all of his servants.

The message sent was well received,
the girl content and most relieved.
Twas a great day and a better night,
when the moon lit up the sky with light.
To call the faithful to the cause
is better than the dreadful pause
found in societies big and small
who will all crumble, burn and fall.
This life is seriously long and short,
you wake up in your own cohort.
Devils and angels and our very own jinn,
singers and poets and too many men.
Those who were given free will will say
to those who hoped their caution would sway,
how on earth did you end up this way!
I prayed five prayers a day,
enjoined charity for the orphans,
the wayfarer and the stray.
I took to the inherent laws of my leader
instead of posts in the Weekly Reader.
You see, there's no negotiation with truth
and knowledge depends on this little sleuth.
If it were the other way around
and truth depended on knowledge,
or two years in the community college,
I'd have ended up in special ed.

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