[POEMS] If I knew it would be the last time, Still,  A Silent Death

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[POEMS] If I knew it would be the last time, Still,  A Silent Death
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09/25/01 at 00:41:20
If I knew it would be the last time
By Amiza Nina

If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and a kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back each day.

If I knew it would be the last time
I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say "I love You,"
instead of assuming you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well, I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
There will always be another day
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget...

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
and today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes
you'll surely regret the day

That you didn't take the extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss.
And you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear.

Take the time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please Forgive Me," "Thank you," or "It's Okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.


By Amiza Nina

If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and a kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back each day.

If I knew it would be the last time
I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say "I love You,"
instead of assuming you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well, I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
There will always be another day
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget...

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
and today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes
you'll surely regret the day

That you didn't take the extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss.
And you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear.

Take the time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please Forgive Me," "Thank you," or "It's Okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

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STILL
by brother Aaron Haroon Sellars
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Still I fail to medicate myself
Still I continue to devastate myself
By doing what I know to be a sin
Have I been given a guarantee that in the end
I will win?
Just because I?m still alive and have an easy living
Doesn?t mean that I?ve been forgiven.
Yes I?m still alive, but how can I expect to survive
Life in the displeasure of Allah!?
I say I ?love Allah?, but does Allah love me?
Let?s see, just how real is this so-called
?Spirituality? that you profess to possess
But when you?re alone you digress and don?t confess!
Thought that you could fool ?em with that beard
And that hijab
Not realizing that at your own heart you have
Taken the deepest stab.
Thought that you could fool them with that thaub
And veil over your face!
How dumb you must have looked in front of the One
Who?s knowledge, hearing and sight penetrate every place!
Why do you feel so secure that Allah is going to forgive you
Everytime?
Do you really feel secure as you drive home from
The scene of your crime?
How do you know the wrath and punishment of Allah
Isn?t waiting for you around the corner?
Don?t you know that the Angel of Death strikes without
A warner?!
How long do I think I have to make things right?
By Allah! If I knew the reality of my sins,
I couldn?t sleep at night!
Afraid of closing my eyes from fear
Of dying in my sleep!
Only to wake up in a grave so dark, lonely and deep!
-Who?s your Lord? my own desires...
-Who?s your Prophet? my own desires...
-What?s your religion? following my own desires...
-Well welcome to the Fire! -Welcome to the fire!!
What an awful place to retire!


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A Silent Death
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The female infant buried in the sand,
On Qiyamah, in front of Allah will she stand,



Seeking the reason for her premature end,
A custom the Pagan Arabs cared not to amend,



A mercy for mankind, the Prophet then arrived
Ending their murder, their infanticide,



But that was the story of a bygone era,
I write to tell you a place much nearer,



Where half a million children have met the same fate,
Embargoed and traumatised by the United States,



I speak of Iraq, crushed and defeated,
A country from where all mercy has retreated,



Who?s children lie buried deep under the sand,
Of sorrow and anguish we?d never understand,



For what reason, what crime, what sin did they die?
The Iraqi children who were born to cry,



A genocide of apocalyptic proportions,
Hidden and silenced by media distortions,



The greatest bombardment in the history of war,
Cluster bombs, napalm ? all this, what for?



Stabilisation of the Saudi economy,
?Peace? with Israel, Palestinian autonomy,



All envisioned in the ?new world order?
New age imperialism without any borders,



And who pays the price for this new world order?
The victims of course, of this one sided slaughter,



The people of Iraq, both young and old,
Who?s destiny the Muslims have miserably sold,



Whose hopes and dreams have withered and perished,
For the everyday freedoms which you and I cherish,



The freedom to live, the freedom to survive,
Under such sanctions it?s hard to stay alive,



But they won?t get their freedom, until we will get
ours,

The Muslim nations, from the Imperialist powers,



And until such a time what will you do?
Go back to sleep like so many do?



So the earth cries out, and the heavens do weep,
As Iraq dies silently, the world is asleep.



NS


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