You, Sofia ( Read more... )

This is a response to "The House on Mango Street" for a literature class I'm currently taking. We were asked to write our own version: The House on ______ Street. This is what I came up with. (Note: this is meant to be "spoken" rather than read ( Read more... )

"Presumably the end of childhood has always meant the eclipse of gods ( Read more... )

Love, the strength of it

Grasps the heart, as if

To keep it from

Its rhythm

But love does not wish to do so.

Its abundance fills the heart,

Waiting for expansion

And as it grows,

So does the capacity for love

Love begets love.

The Moon, in her radiance,

Never thought to look for The Source.

It is love,

Love,

Love.

And now that she’s found it

She ( Read more... )

"In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Creator of All the Worlds.
I am not a musician. I am being played.
I am not a composer. I find Composure in the Grace of Almighty Allah.
Oh Allah, make me a worthy vessel of your Eternal Truth."

Abdullah Ibrahim

Awesome site! check it out:
http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/

The more I struggle the more I live, the more I learn about myself and the more I learn about Him. Learning about oneself is a life-long process... And to know oneself is to know the Creator ( Read more... )

"Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His ( Read more... )

"I don't want to be the filler if the void is solely yours ( Read more... )

I've decided to switch to private entries. I know that one of the only reasons that I don't post often is because I feel that my entires should be sufficiently interesting to entertain those who read it. And as my life is not even close to interesting (at least not by most standards and at least not at this point in time) I choose to let my old ( Read more... )