muslimpainter: April 2008

Monday, April 14, 2008

displaying at RU

Islamic Awareness Week at Rutgers University presents:

Tuesday, April 15
Rutgers Student Center - Red Lion Cafe (College Ave. Student Center)
Rutgers Univ. (New Brunswick, NJ)
8:00PM (following Maghrib at the IAW tent)

I will be displaying there!

the text from: 'my message of hope' (side bar):

all of us in the world
in a hundred years won't be
even if we grow very old

in a way it doesn't matter
the oppression we go through
whether in our homes or grieving country
our hopelessness ensues

I wish I could write about the silver lining ahead
I wish that my words could deny
the images that explode in my head

but I've seen the world
the reality is near
I've seen the lives
of the people sleeping here.

we may as well become the earth
if we're complacent with her.

tell me why we're stuck
in our problems of the heart
explain please why fight among each other in the dark?

why is the book of hope on our shelves in our homes
as we ask for answers to our greatest concerns?

why do we think that the pages tell us to fast and pray
but don't tell us of the struggle we're in
as a sign of the Day.
so near as we're lost somewhere in our minds.
impossible that the life we seek is that hard to find.

we may as well become the earth
if we're complacent with her.

our numbers defy the certainty
of the message clear to see
why must we die perpetuating prophecy.
when did we become like the foam of the sea?

why is it surprising to learn that without water we choke?
I guess this is the closest I can come to a message about hope.

impossible.

I wish I could do justice to the voice that isn't mine
I wish I could convince myself of the reasons this time.

but I can't I can't
my soul is transparant

I wish I could heal the wounds of the people that I've hurt
I wish I could pick up the flowers that are lying in the dirt

but I can't

I wish I could forget the sound of the voices in my head
I wish I could lay to rest the things already dead.
but I can't I can't
my soul is transparent

no child's voice no future
no eternity of time
bad choices or good intentions
can't change my course of life

all I know I know
that what's meant will unfold
and I know I know
and I'll reap what I sow

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