Shaking Off The Parentheses

I do not wish to explain myself. 

I do not wish to be bound on both sides by invisible parentheses wherever I go.

My actions, my values and my thoughts are clear and self-explanatory,

just as I like them to be.

Chase that Dream

If you have a dream, chase it.
Even if you feel like your knees are going to give in.
Even if you feel like your lungs are going to burst out.

Chase it till it's all yours.

Act Now

Here we are throwing away our lives to the demons when there are so many out there clinging onto ventilators to facilitate the next breath they take...

Think about the gravity of their plight for a while.

Can you even begin to imagine the situation when breathing, which comes so involuntarily to you, becomes a herculean task?

Can you imagine a situation where you don't know whether you'll get to see your loved ones within the next few seconds?

Can you imagine having only a couple of hours to live, and a lifetime of hopes and dreams crumpled into a ball of absolute nothingness?

Can you even begin to imagine all those confusing, saddening thoughts (or lack thereof) that'll be running around in incoherent loops in your head at that point of time when help is an impossible proposition?

Can you imagine bidding good-bye to the people you love, the things you love and the chances you'd always wanted to take, but had put off for a 'better' time?

Do you still want to waste your precious time brooding over something that honestly amounts to nothing?

Do you still want to pursue and lose wonderful relations over all those material activities that you can't even take to your grave?

I didn't think so either.

Now and today and this moment is all you have to make everything count.

Tell your dear ones that you love them, unconditionally.

Compliment the person you've always admired.

Be kind.

Smile, even through your tears. There's nothing more beautiful than a person who puts his/her worries beneath him/her when the going gets tough.

Apologize, no matter how difficult it is. Don't let your ego get in the way of a beautiful relationship before it's too late.

Take risks, make mistakes. And most importantly, learn from them.

Realize your goals. Be who you were cut out to be.

Remember, your health is your biggest asset.
Make the most of it before it's your chance to turn in.

There's no time left to lose.
Act now.

Inner Peace

Being at peace with your inner self makes every other problem seem a lot less terrifying.
Prayer gives you that inner peace.
You hand over all your problems to Allah, and He lifts you up from everything that's weighing you down with a great buoyant force that leaves you feeling as light as a feather.
My God, who wouldn't want to partake in such a wonderful exchange!

I'll See You

One day, I'll see Your face

As closely, and as sure

As I see the big, bright

White moon from my window sill.

What awe awaits!

If...

If all of us were to look like our souls and spirits for a day, I wonder how many of us would truly look beautiful, and how many disgustingly repulsive. I can only venture so far as to propose that whatever be the difference in turn out, the results will, no doubt, leave us utterly stumped! 

Absentia

Why do you come to me
Like an enigmatic dream
Just to draw back, ever so swiftly,
Like the waves?

Why won't you, just this once,
Stand by my side
On the shores of my memories
And stay?

Why don't you quit residence
In your heavenly abode just for today?
Walk hand-in-hand with me,
Look at the sea shells scattered all around
Take in the earth's spirit, the one
You seem to have forgotten,
And tell me all there is to know
About life and living
About death and dying
About love and loving
About pain and suffering
Please. Don't spare anything.

But departed spirits can never let slip
The secrets of the cosmos
To the mortal tenants of the Earth.
Is that why, every once in a while,
You come to me like a dream,
Just to sojourn briefly like the waves?