Monday, June 8, 2009

Looking For God Everywhere ... By Jafar Alam ...

An African mothers breasts were cut off
So that her new born baby could not have her milk
She is looking for God
Everywhere

A young Haitian boy
Is eating mud pies on the street
He is looking for God
Everywhere

The alcoholic laying on the street corner
Looks inside his empty bottle
He is looking for God
Everywhere

The young Pakistani girl who was gang raped
Because of false accusations made about her brother
Was looking for God
Everywhere

Amongst the chaos in the world
The gluttons are not satisfied
They are looking for more gods
Everywhere

Two siblings sit in their room
Their hearts beating
Their parents fighting
They are looking for God
Everywhere

An adult male is discriminated against
Because he is a child of divorce
He is looking for God
Everywhere

A young kid is haunted by demons
From his past
He is looking for God
Everywhere

A 25 year old girl is searching for happiness
Without a father figure
She is looking for God
Everywhere

We were all born to die
In between the two
We are looking for God
Everywhere

There were many I would die for
The love was not returned

Betrayed

My heart died a hundred deaths

My worry
Is the pleasure
Of the Most High

A beautiful pattern
Of conduct
I am not

But I see God
Everywhere (c)

1 comment:

treveller said...

Very good display. Describing the truth of desire is perhaps the most difficult endevour of all. The truth is that the desire is God alone, but it is difficult to describe becuase of the alienation from true transcendent and unconditioned love in post modern thought, media, and general superstructure altogether. In simple terms, we just don't know that part of ourselves anymore. Material things and observable phenomenon are things we have become quite acquainted with, while the truth of who we are is often lost, if not never found at all. Thanks for sharing