(Masha'allah, this is one of the very BEST lyrics, poem, I've ever read. Of course you can enjoy listening to Dawud Wharnsby sing it. But just take a few minutes to re-read this...it speaks of my current state really. That is the bottom line.)
You smile in the two- way mirror of my eyes
I put on my faith like I wear a disguise
You can’t see my soul
See the life that I live
Show you the mask of the best I can give
I’ve hid here afraid like a child behind
Truth of my thoughts that clutter my mind.
What if you knew about all that I do?
Things that I think,
The me that is true.
Would you call me a hypocrite?
Call me a liar?
Would you curse out my name?
Would you damn me to fire?
Would you know what to say?
Or would you just walk away?
Afraid the me I’ve tried to hide
Would too closely resemble the truth of you that lies inside?
I’ve been looking for answers since becoming adult
Not looking for dogma to live like a cult
I’ve been looking to live,
I’ve been living to find
Freedom from cages that limit my mind.
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Will I scare you, upset you, frustrate you, irate you?
Challenge a lifestyle or weaken your trust
Or will you see my efforts and my passionate sincerity
Would you see just a little of yourself in me
Will you take off your mask so we can both be free.
2 comments:
Subhannallah, all of the above. This has spoken to me on different level. Well written sister
Jaza'ki Allah dear. Well bro Wharnsby has written it so well subhan'allah. yeah you are right...it is one of those subtle lines that leave you looking deeper for all the un-articulated mesh of thought we all carry.
BTW, your piece on "quarter life crisis" well, sufficient enough say I'm suffering from one right now. :D
Salaams to you
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