The Stories of U'wais

Monday really should be a weekend, rather than being the day we dread coming our way every time we start a week.  In other unrelated statements... Having lived in this world for 23 years, having to experience life hasn't really been my forte. I have friends who have a very busy social life, memories made daily with a handful of friends and loved ones, scuba diving, partying, jumping off cliffs, etc... ...and there's me. A human being living amongst the almost 8 billion people and the trillions of other species roaming the globe or even in space!  What have I not done to be thinking this way? I question. Am I going through a mid-life crisis? I hope not. Have I lived my life more than some? Alhamdulillah, God has blessed me with the things I've had, learned, and experienced. But I still ponder, what made me think this on a Monday under the showers? I was a shy wee child (I know. Hard to believe). I preferentially still am. Unlike my siblings, some of them really have been tra...

My words flaunt hopelessly through minds I dare not speak left to rot and burrow in the shallowness of deceit   Shall not my presence linger my scent be remembered for I shall not be around when their emotions strike hunger   Dare not I believe that a maiden, for me, was dawned Hope and shame no longer forged waiting to be dug out from the valley lawn   Thou shall not present to the man that has brought pain The emotional hunger shall not be laid for the dreaded eyes of blooded tears   Believe me when I put forth this case “No matter what or who, life’s a disgrace” “but only if you leave it that way” replied a ghost with truths, I once forsake   No matter the amplitude, or walls of nature Through thick and thin, you must embrace to bring you towards the limelight of life the joy and peace trots as they interlace