standing on the shoreline
gentle waves hug my ankles
the moon smiles at me.
8/4/2024

To the opinions of others
Or the opinion of authors in books,
Unless I agree with my own reasons.
8/4/2024

Always first listen to me,
Attentively,
In everything,
Yout ears are the way to my heart.
8/4/2024

It's just an illusion as perceived by the mind.
1/4/2024

To be flawed,
It makes you more human.
1/4/2024

I can beseech to Allah a hundred times for forgiveness,
But the most difficult thing is to ask a person for forgiveness,
Stating when how and where you hurt him.
It needs great courage.
For that Allah will forgive you only if the person forgives you.
31/3/2024

This earth is an examination hall,
Where Allah gives you tests and trials everyday for you to pass.
29/3/3024

You stop breathing and moving
But life continues as your soul transcends to the Hereafter.
29/3/2024

And regrets face you on the death bed.
"I wish I had.......
29/3/2024

To Allah on the ground,
When HE is above us.
To show our highest level of
humility and glorify HIS existence.
We prostrate using seven bones,
The forehead  nose, both hands, knees and the toes.
As you prostrate there is no one between you and Allah,
And for every prostration a sin is forgiven.
28/3/2024

Loved her dad unconditionally,
Without expectations or calculations,
Though he never paid attention to her,
After his wife died at her birth.
28/3/2024.

Is a garden of crushed roses,
Whose fragrance will steer you to the depth of your understanding,
And wisdom.
28/3/2024

Get knowledge,
Get ideas,
Come across marvellous adventures,
And travel the world,
Without lifting your feet,
By only turning pages.
27/3/2024

In the mind is an illusion,
True love exists in the heart.
27/3/2024

Is not about restraining yourself from eating or drinking water,
But bringing your heart and yourself closer to Allah.
By praying regularly on time,
Reciting Quran,
Doing charity,
Fasting from backbiting,
Swearing and falsehood
27/3/2024

Is the dust of ego,
Which blurs our vision,
Clear it and see the world.
24/3/2024

Is a tight bond,
Until,
A woman or money comes between them.
24/3/2024

Of peace is deep within you,
Find it
Nurture it,
And spread the branches everywhere.

Sick in bed,
Is a mercy and blessings from Allah,
It releases you of all your miseries.
23/3/2024

He broke my heart mercilessly,
Now, if anyone looks at me with love and care I fall apart.
23/3/2024

Yesterday is a memory,
Now, today is the reality,
An tomorrow is an imagination.
20/3/2024

What you think you become.
19/3/2024

An icecream a day,
Keeps your stress away.
It is the therapist of the soul.
24/3/2024

Is self
Calm,
At peace,
With acceptance of
And no expectation.
12/3/2024

Was very talkative,
He got married recently,
He talks minimum,
Either he has become wiser,
Or he is afraid of his beautiful wife.
12/3/2024

After Juma salah,
To Allah,
Beseeching HIM to make me walk without a crutch,
Without assistance on uneven roads,
I was literally whining to  Allah to give me back the quality of my life.
Then I heard a women in a wheel chair praying to Allah,
She was blind and deaf,
Her one leg was amputated,
Her body covered in rashes,
And she was being grateful to Allah for being alive,
Praying for others still lesser than her,
Tears filled my eyes,
Ungrateful me of his blessings,
Complaining of a minor inconvenience.
Looking at the other side of the coin I was truly blessed.
10/3/2024

Had become full of conclusions
Of thoughts and ideas of my political and religious friends.
It had become a dead end
But with philosophies of compassion and kindness
I made my mind and heart into temples,
Where positivity brought about a great change.
10/3/2024

Changed after marriage,
My daughter-in-law made me the happiest person on earth.
My son learned to brush his teeth every night before bed,
Take a bath often,
Change his briefs everyday,
Sort and take out the garbage bins,
Mow the lawn,
Also learned to help his wife around the house,
Made morning tea.
Simple magic,
HE WAS IN LOVE,
And love is blind.
8/3/2024

Fifty years before,
People and doctors too had more patience.
When I was pregnant with my first child,
Everytime I went to the clinic,
Everything was fine,
The child was doing well.
But I was long overdue,
But patience has its rewards.
I would have fake pains,
And now and again I would urge mum to take me to the hospital immediately.
Being a mother of five,
She would ask if the pains were at an interval of two minutes,
No!
Then one time being exasperated and orthodox,
She said, "Everything unfolds at its own pace,
When Allah wishes your womb will open and you will give birth.
You may nurture the plant endlessly,
But the fruit is only borne in its season.
She was right,
Although I had a painful labour,
I gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
7/3/2024

Gives one an identity and status,
It identifies you from other people
Unlike the English like grandparent, uncles and aunt,
Asians have particular names for each kin.
Such as in the Gujratis,
Father's parents are Dada and dadi,
Mother's parents are nana and nani.
Father's brother is kaka(chacha) and kaki(chachi
Mother's brother is mama and mami
Father's sister is faiji and husband fuaji
Mother's sister is masi and masaji.
Even the niece and nephew are identified differently.
It is also said that a Mother's sister is almost your mother.
I don't like when my kins call me aunty.
I may be uncle or aunty for others but I want to maintain my particular status with you,
So others can know how closely related I am to you.
6/3/2024

In the vase,
On the window sill,
Whispered to me.
I'm for love,
Smell me deeply,
And exhale the fragrance of my love,
To your loved ones,
With a beautiful smile.
5/3/2024

No pain,
Sorrow,
Or illness,
How will you remember Allah?
5/3/2024

You use has an impact on your speech,
The gentler the better.
4/3/2024

double up laughing
not at the jokes aunty cracks
her chimpanzee laugh.
2/3/2024

Our laziest mother
when the maid doesn't come to work
tires giving us chores.

wants we make her tea
as she lazes on the bed
selective worker.
1/3/2024

Is relative,
It is not how you use it,
But how you value and invest it.
1/3/2024

Are we all 100% happy?
Happy with who we are,
Happy with what we want,
Happy with what we have.
No one is there who hasn't sinned,
No one is there who hasn't a tear to shed,
No one is there who is without pain,
No one can say he has no anxiety.
In this chaotic world we need the blessings of Allah,
Heartfelt peace and purity.
27/2/2024

Never!!
I adore my body,
Like one's Ferrari,
Not a dent should come on it.
27/2/2024

my gaze on rose trees
as the buds burst with colours
scissors hesitate.
26/2/2024

About people leads to gossip,
Curiosity about ideas will light the path to creativity,
And progress.
25/2/2024

After you find,
All the negavities you have built within you.
22/2/2024

Is my Guru,
I listen to it.
21/2/2024

red eyes swollen face
muffled sobs drenches pillow
learning experience.

it has no corners
what you give is what you get
flows through infinite.
20/2/2024

A misconception you love them more than your own,
Yours are yours,
Your grandchildren are a part of you and them,
In them you relive your children's childhood,
Their mannerisms and their fond memories.
And you have more time to indulge with your grandchildren.
Moreover your grandchildren are like candies,
You cannot be with them as many times as you wish,
That all depends on your children and their spouses.
19/2/2024

sitting on sand dunes
amidst whole of nothingness
hued rays of sunrise.
18/2/2024

One breath,
It's there,
Next second it's gone.
Adios.
17/2/2024

sits in the garden chair
watching a robin sitting
on my white gaze dress.
17/2/2024

stand at water's edge
gentle wave comes towards me
wets my new sandals.
17/2/2024

I am still a part of you.
If you love me,
I hold a special place in your heart.
If you hate me,
I am prominent in your mind,
Then you recruit people to hate me,
Till hate becomes a burden for you.
Let go of hate,
Become indifferent,
Or hold me in your heart.
15/2/2024