And with Him are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures no one knows but He. He knows whatever is in the land and sea. Not a leaf falls without His knowledge: There is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth or anything fresh or dry, except what is (written) in a clear record. [Surah Al-Anaam, Ayah 65]
fajr [daybreak]
I stepped out of the darkness that had engulfed me,
into the bright sunlight,
fazed by the sudden change,
that had brought a new atmosphere, and an even newer taste of disdain.
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might have been my only escape from my inaccurate imganition, if I had a place to run to.
A place to call a home.
But I knew better,
these ɥsıןooɟ thoughts would only nag me,
reminding me of a place that
ｕｓｅｄ ｔｏ ｂｅ.
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faded blue
Poetryin which a girl writes down her thoughts on tattered blue pages, with only a worn-out copy of the Quran, a long dress, two granola bars, three dollars and her Lord to guide her while surviving on the streets of New York City. ~ They say that somewhe...
