tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post115991181448098867..comments2009-07-05T08:40:28.433+03:00Matthew Thistlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01118786319713247519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1159941509775182002006-10-04T08:58:00.000+03:002006-10-04T08:58:00.000+03:00Asalaamu alaykum Br Matthew,<BR/>So you made it to Egypt! Cool. Loved that Sufi story mate - have'nt heard that one for a while. Speaking of things Sufi,here's a little ditty of mine to pass the time. <BR/>(Have a wonderful fulfilling Ramadan)<BR/><BR/>The Lie<BR/><BR/>If the Sufi’s are liars<BR/>then who will imagine this space?<BR/>I tremble at the false life<BR/>chosen through fearful repose<BR/><BR/>If the bearded engineers tell the truth<BR/>enlightenment is truly, truly dead<BR/>fill our pulpits with skeletal machines<BR/>that compute every undisclosed sin<BR/><BR/>If the Sufi’s are liars<BR/>then let tall tales lift us<BR/>beyond all reach of Heaven<BR/>facts are just spears piercing boundaries<BR/><BR/>If the leaders mean us no harm<BR/>my heart is an empty box on the street<BR/>shelter for the street kids or for kittens<BR/>fill me with more stuff – I love stuff!<BR/><BR/>If ‘I’ am a liar<BR/>sell my story to the Sufi’s<BR/>But let them pay nothing!Nazidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1159920461403758692006-10-04T03:07:00.000+03:002006-10-04T03:07:00.000+03:00Alhamdulillah! Indeed it is a beautiful tale, and I would not doubt a true one in its meaning.<BR/><BR/>Allah, Allah, Allah,<BR/>You are the Pain<BR/>And You are<BR/>the Cure.<BR/><BR/>Ya Haqq!Irvinghttp://darvish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com