Friday, April 29, 2011

One, Two, Three - for Hind Houas in Tunisia






 
God put you by me
so i am reminded
how beautiful this world is

when it gets ugly and rough
and as humans
we become tired

when our backbones begin to bend
our knees buckle a bit
and the shine in our spirit starts to dim
 
thats how humanity is
rather should be

collective conscious butterflies
soaring through cerulean skies
of cotton candied memories
of lives past

Yes, we have forgotten us, and in that, each other

God? He never forgets
you see, we leave Him

He appears in the eyes of a hungry child
a tired Mother
a working Father

in restless youth
the ill and elderly
the living and dying

He is there, eternal

and we, humans, mere beings,
lost and searching
for some kind of immense answer
to all of THIS 

take care of it
and one another
as one would heave
a used paper cup into a bag of trash

we do that, humans

and as leaves drift during Autumn
snow flies in Winter
when the rains come in Spring
and the sun shines her own tired smile in Summer

it is through simple acts of kindness
that I, a mere being
wondering herself
in this vast mad place we exist

feel the utter unconditional presence 


of Spirit.



© Susan Marie 2011 for Hind Houas (Thank you)

Friday, April 8, 2011

"aik dua" (a prayer) for Sana


i cant afford 
to hurt myself

anymore


God, hear my supplication!

i am but one of your
many
chosen
beautiful
wondrous
children

but this world 

is going wrong
and right
simultaneous

i am caught
in the turbine
the windmill
the tsunami the earthquakes
the wars and drones
the dropping bombs
on innocent souls
the planes and guns
the whirring of the helicopter wind in my
face

my face
my beautiful innocent grace
has not fallen from your gaze

humanity has taken me
is breaking me
in
to this
now
present
past

my future is my pale and shaking hands
my heart bleeds
and my love
is eternal
but my Dear God
My Lord
i am here
on bloodied knees
scarred from lives past
begging you

to take this weight
to replace it with no hate
to make the world see
through my eyes
please

through the trees
and ancient limbs
lost in bundles of bodies
strewn
in graveyards
of thought
and ryhme
of time

this time
my time

is
now

and

i

am

beautiful 





© Susan Marie 2011 

(Inspired by Sana Khan, the first line caused the rest, then she titled it.)