When the day comes

 When the day comes

When the day comes...

I hope that I am swirling in a dream that will not end.

I pray my face is plastered to the prayer mat in full khushoo.

I fear that my body will be mangled between glass and steel outside on a street.

I am terrified of someone's hand snatching my spirit from my body.

But the day will come

How, I don't know.

When, I have no idea.

I just know it is in front of me.

But do I stand in front of it with dread?

Or it will be the chance to meet the One who has loved me from my mother's womb to the earth's cradle.

The only One

And one day I will stand again in a different form, a different costume.

Rasheeda bint George

And now...

 And now...

And now...

Your voice is an echo.

Your presence is a shadow.

You stand in front of me like a memory.

But before...

Your voice was a melody.

Your presence was a pillar of strength.

I stood in front of you in safety.

So...

My smile is a mystery.

My laughter is a hollow attempt of being happy.

I will look out from inside my frame of security.

This human fragility like glass smashed under the pressure of weak faith.

At the end...

I continue this drama called life and wait for the the final curtain call of uncertainity.

April 23, 2023

SRGK

Maybe this is not our time

 

Maybe this is not our time.

We might pass through this life without enjoying our love.

We are not limited by our flesh but our imaginations.

So, we are not one, we are separate two passing each other through life's entanglements.

But the tugging of my soul is not a dream.

It is our sad reality.

Maybe, just maybe this is not our time.

April 1, 2021

Rasheeda bint George

Fodder of my fantasies

You are the fodder of my fantasies.
Dancing amongst clouds and rainbows
Because your reality is stormy and grey hiding beneath the shadows

SRGK
November 17, 2019

A thought and a reality

A shadow, an island, a lost memory floating in the wind 

I jump and play in front of you and hope you can see me.

But you look past me at her vision. 

She turns her head to ignore your pangs of desire.

So I sit clinging on to your shirttail, as you sit by her feet gazing up at her and she stares off in the distance, looking nowhere.

SRGK

November 29, 2018

When destinies collide

Let me lower my voice so no one but you can hear.

Right now, it seems impossible and you can't see how you can feel this.

You have determined to hold strong and not let go.

I respect that.

But guess what

If the tides change

If fates come into focus

 When destinies collide

Then 

You will look up one day and what you thought was impossible will be possible.

The forest you used to pass every day with the dying trees will have a young green sprout pushing out of the earth and then and only then you will see it is possible.

So

I will wait for that conversation

For your epiphany, when all the lights turn on

Don't worry, I have an eternity of patience

November 15, 2013

Susanna R.G. King

Your...

Your Mama never

Your Ride or Die whenever

Your sister of course

Your Basic Bitch by force

Your friend definitely always

Your wife to the grave

Your Big, Blonde, Buxom Bimbo NOPE

Your Confidente I hope

Your Halal God willing

Your Love from the beginning 

And when this body returns to dust.

My soul will hold the memory of us eternally.

SRGK 

October 4, 2019