A (belated) Birthday Poem for you..sorry for the delay, dear lady. I was preparing for surgery when your special day came and went.
Your Father's Light
How great are the wonders of the heavens.
Of their majesty did your father write.
But a GREATER joy did Allah give him
when He blessed him with YOU-
yes, your father's light!
For of all the bounty that his hands held
from the earth and from the Spirit's flight
none was GREATER than what Allah gave him
when He brought YOU-
like a star to light his night!
For the MANY years before the Spirit came
each had passed in DARKNESS for your father-
all were but the same.
Then one day the Spirit took your
father from the ocean shore.
When It brought him back to earth again
he'd want for nothing more!
And the day that Allah brought YOU to him
was the GREATEST miracle He gave of ALL!
And the JOY and the WONDER in his heart filled-
like the day he had answered Allah's call!
So the years have passed, and you're a WOMAN.
Of your beauty another man delights.
But a greater joy your FATHER feels here
when he looks upon YOU,
yes, your father's light!
Hasana,
that day in May 2000, when I spoke with your
father, his eyes were TIRED-
from lack of sleep and lack of understanding
from the media and the general public.
ALL had taken a TERRIBLE TOLL on his eyes' usual
warm glow.
HOWEVER, when our conversation shifted
to the subject of YOU, I could NEVER adequately
describe the LIGHT that suddenly CONSUMED
your father's eyes! It really was a MIRACLE
in mine! ;D
In my 47 years on this earth, I've NEVER seen
anything quite like what I saw that evening!
Though almost THIRTY
YEARS had passed since I'd last seen your father,
at THAT moment he was as I'd
remembered him in '71!
THAT's what TRUE love does for every heart
it fills:makes time stand still.
May the SAME love bless the heart of you and Majid as time goes by..keeping you FOREVER YOUNG as
it does your father!
Blessings to you,
Shirley
