Submitted by : khadijah T on Think

Scattered thoughts have I
I get along with shreds of hope
The hope of ease that I see love's face
hanging on tight on The Merciful's Rope.

Shall I stay or shall I go?
free my soul from shackles of sorrow
scattered thoughts have I
I get along with shreds of hope.

I dreamt of love frown and walk away from me
t'was a night dark, dressed in black cloak
what makes a night darker than itself
but love's sadness, but love's heartbreak.

Scattered thoughts have I
I get along with shreds of hope
the hope of ease that I see love's face
hanging on tight on The Merciful's Rope.

My seed grew still though surrounded with thorns and weed
as time eroded the years before my eyes
I watched her leap from pea to a pod to a rose
in the absence of love and my scattered thoughts.


Umm Muhammad
18/03/15