Mount Uhud

February 17, 2007 in Abdur Rahman's Poetry, Poems of Love, The Poet's Eyes, The Poet's Tongue...

Peace, one and all…

I’ve been trying to write this poem for a long time.  Al hamdu lillah it came to me all unexpectedly this afternoon as I was on my way home.  May Allah accept it as an expression of love, in all sincerity.  I hope that you all enjoy it too…

Mount Uhud

Some things get me.
Some things reach into my inner core,
unleashing the hidden flood of tears
stored in the secret reservoir of my heart.

Muhammad,
alone on the slopes of Mount Uhud,
surrounded by a sea of foemen,
is one of those moments.

‘Who will go forth to meet this danger?
Who will give themselves,
so that this message might live?’

Tears and sorrow mingling
in the water of his bright eyes.

O that I could have been there
to wipe away those tears.
O that I could have said:

‘I will go, Messenger of God.
I will give myself for you’.

Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman