Last moon of the month
Winter's horizon looms nigh
My flight will not stop.
Darkness poses snags
The cold wind cloaks outer warmth
Courage does not flag.
Left alone by friends
Companions hurried onwards
God Almighty is there...
God Almighty is there:
For those abandoned --
-- For high-flying bird.
When Allah's with me
Should I drift in the blues?
Or must I go on?
So what if winter
And its coldness hangs around
Allah is this bird's Guide.
Allah: The Almighty
Is my best Protecting Friend
He takes me to heights...
Meant to soar higher
I have to disprove those who
Abandoned and left.
When God is with me
To guide and help me onwards
I need no one else.
Yet I have to say
To those who abandoned me
You are the losers.
All of you will know
That all rare birds and rare men
Do not fall to die.
High flights are for me
I am 'The Eagle' with high goals
And Allah is with me.
You earth-bound meek birds
Did not and cannot fathom
You cling to the nests.
While I dare to go
Beyond the sunset and seek
New and better worlds.
COPYRIGHT MUHAMMAD NAVEED AHMED AKA EMMENAY.
Author's Notes/Comments:
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO POEMS COMPOSED AFTER BEING INSPIRED BY A LONE EAGLE'S FLIGHT AT SUNSET TIME, NEARING DUSK....WITH THE APPROACHING WINTER"S NIGHT.
THE POEM IS ALSO ABOUT MY PRESENT STATE OF LIVING. I HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY THOSE FOR WHOM I LIVED AND DID ALL I COULD FOR THEIR WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS. FROM MY CHILDHOOD I HAVE BEEN SO...LIVING MOSTLY FOR OTHERS, ESPECIALLY MY VERY OWN BLOOD RELATIVES, INCLUDING MY SONS AND THE DEPRIVED LOT OF HUMANITY.
THEY HAVE FAILED TO UNDERSTAND ME AND HAVE REPAID MY LOVE AND SERVICE TO THEM WITH A SENSE OF DEVILISH HATRED AND SPITE. ARE THEY ENVIOUS OF MY THE TALENTS AND SKILLS WHICH HAVE BEEN BESTOWED UPON ME BY ALLAH (THE GOD ALMIGHTY)? I THINK SO...UNTIL I AM PROVED WRONG.
EVEN MY BEST OF HUMAN FRIENDS (MALE) HURTS ME MOST WHEN. IN FACT, HE COULD HAVE AT LEAST OFFERED ME AN UNDERSTANDING SHOULDER OF FRIENDSHIP. BUT THEN, IT IS BRUTUS, WHO STABS JULIUS CAESAR IN THE HEART AND IT IS JUDAS WHO BETRAYS THE MESSIAH AND ALLAH'S MESSENGER JESUS CHRIST (PEACE BE UPON HIM). SO WHY SHOULD I BE AMAZED?
THE TWO KIND-HEARTED WOMEN, HOWEVER, STAND BY ME AND I ADORE THEM FOR THIS. THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE SO I WON'T NAME THEM HERE. MAY ALLAH BLESS THEM...NOW AND ALWAYS.
ALLAH IS WITH ME AND KNOWS ME LIKE NONE ELSE DOES. HE IS MY GUIDE, MY PROTECTOR, MY BEST OF ALL FRIENDS AND MY SUPPORTER AND SAVIOUR. WITH HIM I AM NOT DETERRED. HE SHALL CROWN ME WITH THE GREATNESS OF WHICH MY RELATIVES AND HUMAN FRIENDS CANNOT EVEN DREAM OF ACHIEVING. ALLAH ALMIGHTY IS WITH ME. WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?
