Salaam

This poem was started on Sep. 27 2006 (Wednesday)

And now.... By Zain Shamoon

It's been so long that ive written a rhyme

but this mourn I grab the pen and speak my mind

I remember when I wrote with concentration

and now im not so free u see im filled with hesitation

Things feel for worse but God knows it may be for the better

superficially its hard not to see a darker weather

but the fact of the matter is I still pray and walk

and now im just a man who thinks too much before he talks

I wanna make my way out be myself and free

like I used to be - when I let myself be me

I used to make sound decisions - is this punishment

and now I feel numb and ask if the trust was meant

if what I said was sincere or am I just doin wrong

I wanna breathe the way I used to when I used to sing songs

but it aint the same, I do the lame and not the good

and now its me who keeps myself drowning in this flood

of bad decisions, fears, worries, depression and frustration

the cycles and whats beneath it - where is my concentration

it takes hours to do tasks that used to take minutes

and now I know i cannot just let myself say just forget it

cuz I gotta keep on trying and Allah knows where im at

the doubts that creep the mind are thoughts and just that

I need to express freedom to counter the act

that includes anger and times when we snap

and now when the worries come I know how I percieve it

and now facing fear for betterment looks like the way I can achieve it

and now I remind myself that believin

is so important in the way of true achievement

- Zain Shamoon

Salaam

The Feeling (a new poem) 

Coming soon Insha'Allah...

Salaam

Its time to act

Relax Relax here come the smacks

Hittin your face so that you react

use emotions to eventually drift back

Tryin to keep ya mind off track

But the heart knows what is right to do

Its time for us to start to shew

away the worries and start ta get through

then the newness will be like oooh

slip we slip if we say and no walk

not much usually comes from just talk

Actions are good. There clean. In fact, Paak

less Baat, more actions: its time to rock

CHROUS

Its time to act

the worries need ta step back

its time to act

the worries need ta step back

Its time to act

the worries need to step back

its time ta its time ta its time ta act

VERSE 2

Once again I sit and I say these words

Will I go out and speak with my hands

Even when life takes twists and turns

Its time to do what the good heart demands

No time to lose cool and act upon fear

Time to get up and make ya deeds clear

Intentions will be the foundations now

Time to get up, forget gettin down

Cant lose control; take some instead

That hunger for goodness needs to be fed

Are u ready to do what ya need

Now im healings wounds, got no time to bleed

CHORUS

Its time to act

the worries need to step back

its time to act

the worries need to step back

its time to act

the worries need to step back

its time ta its time ta its time ta act

THE END

Salaam

And at times one must quit what he does not believe

so I did what I did and did it as a deed

so that I may be pure and all the stuff may

be wiped like as if there was not a day

in which any of that had occured at all

this is the beauty that will come and befall

the human beings whos Duas are accepted

in the state of forgiveness Allah connected

His message to us and this is the truth

What way ...o what way will we choose?

- Zain Shamoon

Salaam

A Soldiers Quest

I see this hardship as a quest

A quest to stop, and do my best

To do what I can and seek knowledge

and not the stuff strictly from college

Im talkin bout life lessons and books

that can let a man know what to do

 he can usa mirror and when he looks

He sees one who had remained true

to himself and to family, friends and people

treats every member of mankind equal

strives in the quest to kneel down and pray

to The One who gives him every single day

and gave him those that hes had in the past

and those that will come to him now

even if these days are filled with shadows cast

No point in keeping your head always down

u learn from the darkness as the quest goes on

as a soldier who sees weakness to build upon

and each day become a better man

one who can lend a helping hand

to himself and the ones he loves and all those across

the world and even the ones that hes lost

anyone really...hes gotta do this

for he is only alive for one purpose

that purpose is to pray and worship

by his hands by his thoughts his heart and his lips

each day the sun will come out and shine

and then in the evening it will decline

but if the man stays true

through the day and the night

and he dies in the

cause of a personal fight

and he fought with the light

and the intention too

theres really nothing

else this soldier could do

so now as his heart shifts for the good

hes ready for life to draw all this blood

for now he will sail ready to be strong

with no intention to do harm or wrong

Even against societies odds

this is the soldiers quest for God

- By Zain Shamoon