Fridays in a Cave

I haven't written in over nine months. Felt like a quick poem to start things off again...

Fridays in a Cave

Paradise of transient life and wind-strewn stubble

A mighty wall of iron to be reduced to rubble

Wisdom, purpose, intent revealed in time

As three or five or seven in cavern lie

A ship well-made would have a king’s eye

The pride of pious souls who was meant to die

Treasures buried shallow beneath a crumbling wall

Buttressed for greedy diners who didn’t share at all

I spend my Fridays in a cave, in a cave

I spend my Fridays in a cave

Waves of human flesh ebb and surge

As a reminder to suppress every haughty urge

Oceans of water give ink to writing trees

Signs in abundance to bring us to our knees

I spend my Fridays in a cave, in a cave

I spend my Fridays in a cave

Darkness, blindness, impatience, pretention

Iblis, The Gardener, Us without Comprehension

Patient, Courageous, Valiant, Incandescent

The Sleepers, The Poor Man, Two-Horned, The Servant

Be Patient, Think Long, Be Not Contentious

Be Humble, Be Strong, Remain Unpretentious

The Biggest, the Worst, the Ultimate, Losers

In jest whittled days as free will abusers

I spend my Fridays in a cave, in a cave

I spend my Fridays in a cave

Adjusting thinking that tends to deprave

Shunning vanity that tends to enslave

Spending my Fridays in cave, in a cave

Until that tombstone is pitched on my grave

Comments

[fahmyboy]

This would make a good song. You should send it to Sami Yusuf.

[Muhammad Fahmy]

Dictionary.com got a work-out but mashAllah that was nice, very nice. you are in the wrong line of work my friend....wow

[soname]

nice post