Poetry
YOU
Think you are
Sparkling and sinless
Wait and see
Why does it matter
Whether you gain recognition or not?
Who are you trying to impress?
Do you not fear the fire?
Who are you acting for?
Yourself? Another? Or for Allah?
All this
False modesty
False politeness
False piety.
Ahh…gotcha
Piety, huh?
Reading religious books
Listening to lectures
Taking notes, even
Being all sanctimonious.
Being silent
Yet judging people
Giving wise advice
From behind a screen
But where
Is the implementation
In you own life?
The silent walk
An outward sign
Of inward pride
You’re just smart
enough
To keep your real self hidden
People like you
Appreciate you
Admire you
If only people knew
They’d stay away from you
Even self-deprecation
isn’t done
but to gain respect
and approval
come
Lets dance
the dance of politeness
the dance of respect
But you know
Its just a dance
and you know
you don’t mean it
your just playing
no sincerity
just fakeness
falseness
selfishness
Why don’t you do
something different
Go out there
and do something
and don’t expect
reward
don’t expect
approval
don’t even expect
notice
But you wont
you’re lazy
and a coward
who prefers this
meaningless
life
to the next life
idol worshipper
And yet you still
Cry for Husayn (A)
And beat your chest
but its all hollow
fake
do you really
mean it?
then where is
the sacrifice
in your life?
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5 Comments
Wowww…haha left me totally speechless.
I love it..&& no lies..Masha’Allah
Nice idea, and inspiring too,
the only danger perhaps is that fine line between thinking that you know someone and actually knowing them,
I agree on the whole that people wear different masks, such that lose their true self and the masks becomes the ugly reality
but judging someone to be a hypocrite is difficult, especially since we are encouraged to give people the benefit of the doubt, there maybe 100s of reasons behind an action
But on the whole the judgement must begin with the self, nice idea indeed
Very powerful and something i have been thinking about lately alot – would love to know who wrote this? @
“To keep your real self hidden”
Yea in a way, we always show once face of our personality to friends in public, and another in private e.g. while at home, with our parents and close family.
Its our intentions that help us avoid being hypocrites: doing actions for the wrong reasons, as the examples in this poem rightly mention.
Keeping our intentions pure. Sounds so easy, but oh so difficult to apply in our everyday life on every occasion!
I really thank u for these words about Hypocrisy, it made me think of my faith again especially this statement:
Who are you trying to impress<<
since most people and I could be one trying to be clever enough more than usual and then judge people — thank u so much..VOU for ever