Prayer

Rashid Abbasi

September 18, 2015

I am here again after a long time
My instinct brought me to you.
Give me a sign, when these demons will turn into angels?
I feel too tired and old now.
I wish for a day without pain:
When I will wake up with enthusiasm
and sleep satisfied.
I don’t want to be afraid of people’s questions,
their critical analysis on what is I am doing to my life.
I want to praise beautiful things
and be honest in whatever I write.
I want to be a courageous lover,
who loves passionately the woman he likes.
There are so many things I wish to do,
but I am stuck in this darkness
and unable to get out of it.
Why don’t you take care of me God?
Am I not your favorite child?

– 10th Sept 2015

Note- Lately, while going back home, the sound of Azaan moved me and I found myself inside the mosque reading namaaz. This is an edited version of dua part.

Notes/Short-notes, poetry, Spiritual

Anxiety, Being, Confessional, Dua, God, Mosque, prayer

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Rashid Abbasi

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32 responses to “Prayer”

Sanam Abbas

September 19, 2015 at 5:47 am

Hang in there Rashid ..things will change for the better one day soon. You r in my prayers…warmly!

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  September 19, 2015 at 3:48 pm
  
  Thanks a lot Sanam for everything. For taking your time to read and responding. You are totally different human being: Sensitive and caring at the same time. You know world is a mass of electricity bursting with energy, and our connection is a spark that is still burning brightly. 🙂
  
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Sanam Abbas

September 20, 2015 at 5:11 am

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement.

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Miss Book Thief

September 28, 2015 at 2:35 pm

Beautiful!

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 10, 2015 at 9:13 am
  
  thanks 🙂
  
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  1. Miss Book Thief
    
    November 15, 2015 at 8:07 am
    
    🙂
    
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moonskittles

November 7, 2015 at 2:45 am

I hope things have turned out for the better. It is now November, and I’m ready to read more of you 🙂

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 7, 2015 at 3:12 am
  
  Thanks a lot. Very kind of you ❤
  
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  1. moonskittles
    
    November 7, 2015 at 3:13 am
    
    🙂 you are welcome!
    
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Tobe Damit

November 9, 2015 at 6:45 pm

When I used to write poetry I noticed that I always prefered my short ones… I have no idea why… Do you feel the same?? I’m not saying I like your short poems better…I’m just curious if it’s just me who used to feel like that towards MY poetry.

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 10, 2015 at 5:05 am
  
  Yes, I think I prefer to write as short as possible. 🙂
  
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Tobe Damit

November 9, 2015 at 6:47 pm

I think the key word in this poem is the word ”satisfaction”… Do I have to explain more? Or do you understand what I mean??

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 10, 2015 at 5:08 am
  
  You are right. It was a painful moment of extreme discontent.
  Thank you for responding
  
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  1. Tobe Damit
    
    November 10, 2015 at 2:28 pm
    
    You write very well. I am like you (if I may say) a very tortured soul and I find its a shame that it is so hard to write about Joy and happiness when it is so easy to write about sadness. Why is it that then we are happy we have nothing to say!! Is it for that same reason that Rimbaud stopped writing??? At age 21 he had found happiness??? Questions that never been answered to my satisfaction (I CANT GET NO!!) !! But I try tpp!! I tell myself that the bad days are made so that we get to appreciate the average days because the really good days are so very rare…
    
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    1. Rashid abbasi
      
      November 10, 2015 at 4:09 pm
      
      Very kind of you to say that 🙂 I agree with all the points you have raised and saving your comment as a beautiful moment. Poetry just happen to few people I think (thinking about Neruda’s famous poem). If someday I manage to free myself or failed to write anymore, I want to live creatively.
      
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      1. Tobe Damit
        
        November 12, 2015 at 7:57 pm
        
        It is very addictive but it also is very healthy to be creative. I really feel like we are kindred spirits.
        
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izza ifzaal

November 10, 2015 at 12:15 pm

I loved it! !!! So genuine

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm
  
  thanks a lot 🙂
  
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hooklineandinkwell

November 26, 2015 at 11:47 am

I believe most of us go through periods like this and sometimes we are drawn to a higher power, looking for answers to those tough questions…as I read your piece, I am reminded by the lyrics of a song by Woody Guthrie called God’s Promise in which ‘God’ explains that he gives us trials so we may overcome them and, in essence, provide us with darkness so that we may find light… I am attaching the link in case you want to check it out…I really enjoyed this post, as I am all the pieces I’ve read so far… http://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Gods_Promise.htm

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 28, 2015 at 2:53 am
  
  Thanks a lot for reading. And I really liked the lyrics you shared and I listened to the song also and shared with my friends. This poem I actually wrote after a sudden outburst of spiritual feeling as I was feeling helpless in pain. I have always been an agnostic but now I think having faith in God is a gift for us.
  
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  1. hooklineandinkwell
    
    November 28, 2015 at 11:31 pm
    
    That is wonderful, Rashid…I am happy you enjoyed the lyrics and music, and glad to hear you are experiencing another view of God…be well 🙂
    
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    1. Rashid abbasi
      
      November 29, 2015 at 6:58 am
      
      Thanks 🙂 Can you also please suggest me how can I be able to like comments on my post? I see no option to like them.
      
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      1. hooklineandinkwell
        
        November 29, 2015 at 3:02 pm
        
        You are welcome 🙂 … There should be a like button there somewhere in the bottom left corner of the comments.
        
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stephanielharper

November 28, 2015 at 3:55 am

Hi Rashid,

I received notification that you followed me (thank you! 😊), and so I had to take a look at your site to see what would possess you to do that…Lol! I see you have a strong spiritual bent (and perhaps an eclectic one, too?) as I do. I look forward to reading more of your work. I hope that fire of the poet’s pain/inspiration keeps you writing, learning, and yearning for more ways to express it. I, for one, know how lonely it can feel sometimes to have a “poet’s heart,” as well as being someone who crafts poetry. I don’t believe that the two conditions (for lack of a better word) necessarily always go together, but when they do, it can be exquisite (both for the poet and his/her readers). I am sure you know what I mean.
Have you read The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran? He has been a life-long hero for me. I see some of that same “spiritual fire” that lights his brutally honest work, in snippets of yours here.
Please feel free to comment on anything on my site that piques your interest in any way. As I mentioned, poetry can be a lonely occupation, so I definitely welcome “company.” Thanks, again, for following me. I will return the favor!

Yours,
Steph Harper

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1. Rashid abbasi
  
  November 28, 2015 at 4:48 am
  
  Thank you Stephaniel for this beautiful comment. Even though my blog is old but I am new to active blogging. And what a lovely experience to meet wonderful people like you here. I am still trying to discover myself as poet. I read Gibran’s Prophet few 3 years back and he inspired me a lot. I think I need to read him again. I will surely read your work like I read mine 🙂
  
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Leyla

December 26, 2015 at 1:58 pm

Beautiful!!

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Colours of Sky

January 30, 2016 at 7:27 pm

Omg what happend to u.. So toucing feelings..;(

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1. Rashid Abbasi
  
  January 30, 2016 at 8:01 pm
  
  I am alright ❤ That day I was too much hurt.
  
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  1. Colours of Sky
    
    January 30, 2016 at 8:52 pm
    
    I wish I could be
    
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cmblackwood

February 11, 2016 at 3:33 am

Absolutely lovely. I love your writing! 🙂

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1. Rashid Abbasi
  
  February 11, 2016 at 8:30 am
  
  Thanks a lot 🙂
  
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  1. cmblackwood
    
    February 11, 2016 at 11:27 pm
    
    🙂
    
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