An Addendum?

It drips
It seeps
Clings to every reef
Every weave and crease
Dominating like a plagued disease


- Still brainstorming in this storm.

Isn't the weather amazing? Subhanallah.
Ya Allah, increase us in these storms of Rahmah. Aameen!

"A day will surely come, and it is also near..."

Ink

To be in the Known

Paralyzed in every bone
Recounting for every grave the dirt owns

To recall what was sown

Into the wounds of every solider

Through the battles of every corner

Synchronizing the dates mentally
Deciphering words logically
Analyzing facts sensibly

Indicating every stroke and wedge

Beneath the pool of ink
Beneath the smudges they sink
Joined by this link
By the sounds they make
And to you I say
They travel for His sake

No trees sacrificed no ink did spill

Even as they leaped from end to end

In minds so deep
Not hollow, but for the treasures they keep
Even as they leap, Even as they leap
Each syllable does seep
From the sands of Arabia to the forests of Indonesia
Accumulating in numbers through the threads sown
Of every shade embroidered in shapes the numbers had grown

Indicating every stroke and wedge

Beneath the pool of ink
Beneath the smudges they sink
Joined by this link
By the sounds they make
And to you I say
They travel for His sake

Four generations down the line
Clinging to what was, denying the decline
Acres of green mowed down to preserve
The purpose it would serve
Ten, Hundred, Thousand pages binded
To revive in fradulent times
An era of certainty where each step was guided

Any prediction could have cautioned the state
From flooding to a sea of sand
The ends of the line, come to no hault
And beneath these grains are jolts of the fault
Rocking every bone granted to man
And to crawl for every step became the condition
To gaze ahead in desperation of some irrigation
Hopes of a well, a spring of satisfaction
Thrusts to the foot upon the earth

Imitating the works of Hajrah and Ismail

A mirage from mile to mile

The fountain bleeding before each sight

Blue and black, just as every pen's right

A spring so full, each flooding jolt

Leaving an imprint upon the grain on which these limbs rested

More, more, never satisfied by the immensity of the springs

Repeatedly trickling, colliding with the earth

The more was said, the more was left

Remaining in this condition of greed

Helplessly sinking into an abyss of sand

Farther it seemed, the earth pulled away stretching

Almost invisible before my view

A condition of fatality in severity

Lifeless in this drought, no sign of humanity

Fields of green altered to accommodate these graves

Marking into the soil, in books and minds

The ink will spill, remain upon the lands

More precious than the blood

Flowing from the veins of a martyr

No swords, no bullets

Through every storm and attack

This pen is my weapon, these pages are my shield

Traversing upon this path, I advise you to yeild

May 8th, 20008

Another Day Added to the List

May 9th, 2008

Annual MSA Dinner
Theme: "From the Cradle to the Grave: In the Path of Knowledge"
Keynote Speaker: Imam Johari Abdul Malik
Literally wrote it Wednesday Night,
last minute editing Thursday 2 am!
Practiced friday, "If it's this awful while
performing infront of myself, what am I
gonna do up THERE?!"
Alhumdulillah it went awesomely well
Better than I anticipated!
I was told Imam Johari's facial reaction
indicated he was "blown away" ?
The girls had me explain stanza by stanza
and I showed them "observing destination"
Alhumdulillah it was awesome. Good times.
Performed during Dinner, finale.
Ink

*Remember the poem recitation in english? (on thursday)

Request to perform on 27th at another HS. Donno what to say.
Familia says to do it.

How does a 'No' turn into a 'Yes' ?

MIST 2006:

Fell asleep prior.
1st recital.
1st "exposure"
Wrong poem.
Illusions

*photography 4th
*Nasheed 3rd

MIST 2007

Better, much better.
MY way this time.
2nd Place (Alhumdulillah)
Reminiscent Journey

*Graphic 5th


October 17th, 2007 :

Eid-ul-Fitr Event
AHS MSA - Clausen Hall
Needed to kill time.
They didn't care, though miraculously...
the brothers shut up. Yaay.
First mixed event performance.
Reminiscent Journey
He'll Reach

February 29th - March 2nd:

MIST 2008.
Annoyed the life out of everyone with editing
and practicing. Everyone was awesome with their feedback.
Compliments from the sis on performance in the car on 29th.
Personally, I thought my performance was off, so were the words.
Brother judge - first round. Plan to unniqaab failed
Sisters (judges) - round two. Mission Accomplished.
Straight faced judge (M). Jovial judge (F) =
judging ballots - COMPLETELY contrary. Very Interesting.
2nd Place (Alhumdulillah)
I Too Have a Dream

April 4th, 2008

Filament Event (Fundraiser)
Coffee House. Finale. Non-Muslim crowd (1st time).
Nervous. Wrist splint.
Performance - could've been better
Gave disclaimer prior to performance lol.
Request by editor-in-chief and sponsor to submit for Filament
Jolts to the Cradle

April 11th, 2008

MSA Event
Islam Awareness Month kick-off Event
"Faith-full Beats" (Aman Ali, Jeb, Hila, Adam, Ebad (drumming) )
Much better (performance). Awkward. Unknowingly/stupidly standing on brother's side,
wisely facing the sister's side.
Stools were occupied with drums - 3 pgs, placing on the ground.
Need new technique.
Disclaimer again.
Jolts to the Cradle

April 22nd, 2008

MSA Event
Islam Awareness Week/Month
"Night of Enlightenment"
Intro: 'To some this may be new, to others this will be plain torture' (lol)
I started laughing mid-way. Front row girls and their gestures mocking
the hand movements that JUST HAPPEN unintentionally.
Good emphasis, definite improvement.
Mom was there!
I too Have a Dream



A's long attempt to persuade me to submit to "Voices for Change" failed. I'm sorry.

'Your diapproval/hesitation is always on my conscience'

On the authority of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Taib, the grandson of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ëalayhi wasallam, and who is dearest to him, radiyallahu ëanhuma, who said: ìI committed to memory from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ëalayhi wasallam, (the following words):

Leave that about which you are in doubt for that about which you are in no doubt.

[Al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasaíi related it, and al-Tirmidhi said: It is a good and genuine Hadith]

Abu Mas'ud 'Uqbah bin 'Amr al-Ansari al-Badri, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

"Among the things that people have found from the words of the previous prophets was: 'If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.'"

[Al-Bukhari]

It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu Hafs 'Umar bin al-Khattab, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say:

"Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated."

[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

I DON'T KNOW...