When I was twelve, I shoplifted a pairOf basketball shoes. We could not affordThem otherwise. But when I tied them on,I found that I couldn’t hit a shot.
When the ball clanked off the...
The Light struck the eye just right.
What a blessing.
Continued on to the pineal gland and created a vision.
At least that’s what I thought it was.
But it was a realization.
An unveiling of hidden Truths.
Hidden from me and You.
Powers exercised daily...
“Isabella Marin.”
The auditorium became quiet, and the chamber in my chest began to tighten. The tension - only I felt it, but it was there nonetheless. Samantha probably felt it, too. She was my best friend and knew exactly...
Choice and Will
We have ‘a’ freedom
But no independence.
A freedom to a choice
To do what thou wilt ...
And a freedom to do
What is required of Us.
Of course, the gaiety of doing
What one wilts builds nothing.
Just rides the inclining wave of...
The day was full of youth,
The weather crisp;
The breeze swift.
The busy airs pulling my hairs
In series of rises and falls.
The day was full of youth,
I sat muttering as each car zoomed off.
First, the flat faced Sienna screeched,
Then the Mercedes...
Freedom of speech and peaceful protesting
Peaceful protesting and freedom of speech
Colin Kaepernick and Muhammad Ali
Fighting for justice and taking a knee
Just expressing my American right to assembly
When I find myself handcuffed, locked, chained
Locked for the very thing I sought...
Pen and padding.
Planning.
Your life to some ultimate goal.
Let the ink sink into the paper.
Never fading into the stigmas
Of environment or former conditions.
No distractions
Of implied thoughts from main sources
That feed the world that we live in.
Not even the parent has...
A so-called “Religion”.
An internal gift.
One, of your own essence.
Just asking application
By those, through supplication
From a rostrum or other platform.
Or in time, from The Book (Quran).
“Come to Allah (God).”
“Come to Prayer.”
“Come to Islam.”
Forming a solid foundation
On Five Pillars.
Faith.
Prayer.
Charity.
Fasting.
Pilgrimage to Mecca.
None...
Have we been properly educated?
For who and what purpose?
Degree in one hand; application in the next.
Is it worthless?
Have we discovered Ourselves?
To what does the average high school curriculum serve?
Uprooting so many traditions into (or under) one umbrella.
Its proper name...
A Woman of God, she's a Mother of the Faithful
Modest and humble, she is very graceful
First Lady of the Nation of Islam, she is elegant
She's a mother to us all, helping the growth and development
Of the youth, giving us...
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