EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE August 1, 2005
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(Copyright 28th July 2005)
A NEW BIRTH,
THE CALMNESS OF THE TREES,
THE STILLNESS OF THE RIVERS,
THE MOVING OF THE BEES,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
CHILDREN LEARNING,
COMMUNITIES UNITING,
FAMILIES GATHERING FOR SUNDAY FEASTS,
BRINGING THE WORLD TOGETHER,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
THE BREATHING OF MY SON,
THE SOUND OF THE BIRDS, PRAISING THE LORD,
FRESHLY CUT GRASS,
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
WATCHING SOMEONE SMILE,
A WARM EMBRACE,
A GENTLE TOUCH,
NO AGGRESSION,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
PRAYING SALAH,
REMEMBERING MY LORD,
TAKING TIME OUT, FOR MY CREATOR AND ME,
BEING KIND TO OTHERS,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
A DEATH,
THE QUIET OF MOURNING,
A NEW JOURNEY,
THE SOUL RETURNING TO ITS MAKER,
FOR ETERNAL BLISS,
THESE ARE MY EXPRESSIONS OF PEACE.
UMM IBRAHEEM
Salaam alaikum Umm Ibrahim, I am the moderator for the Islamic Artists Society. We are a yahoo group of creative Muslims in the arts such as poetry, painting, nasheed, graphic design,etc. Would you like to join? Please check out our blog at http://www.islamic-artists.blogspot.com or you can e-mail me at taliba26@sunnipath.com
That was a beautiful poem, Mashaallah. You’ve captured the simplicity of ‘peace’ very eloquently.
Superb poem sis, MashaAllah. I hope you keep it up.