October 24, 2009
In the back of heaven somewhere
beyond the leaky halo shower and
behind the creaky door
stage left.
God keeps the stories (s)he is most proud of
Under a stack of old angel wings
too powerful for flight that isn't gaudy,
There is a news paper article from the day you were born
And it reads:
In the beginning there was darkness
So people knew nothing of light
God set down a girl the size of a fallen star,
placed her in the belly of a woman
with the least reason to keep faith in anything
So people knew nothing of light
God set down a girl the size of a fallen star,
placed her in the belly of a woman
with the least reason to keep faith in anything
Tiptoeing around the back parts of heaven,
royalty refreshed,
trying to quench your thirst for antiquity..
Find it.
Make an obscene amount of copies.
Tape them to yourself
and run,
head first
off of the 7th level as close to the speed of light
as angelically possible.
Remember to flash that smile the way you do
so that the light hits the filaments of paper
just enough to cast a shadow down to earth.
On the anniversary of the day you ascended,
When I am looking up at heaven
Thinking of the unreachable
In wonder and worry
It'd be nice to know
that you were finally given eyes
grand enough
to gauge
your greatness.
انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون
Muhsinat "Joi" Yussuff
October 24 1986~February 3 2005
royalty refreshed,
trying to quench your thirst for antiquity..
Find it.
Make an obscene amount of copies.
Tape them to yourself
and run,
head first
off of the 7th level as close to the speed of light
as angelically possible.
Remember to flash that smile the way you do
so that the light hits the filaments of paper
just enough to cast a shadow down to earth.
On the anniversary of the day you ascended,
When I am looking up at heaven
Thinking of the unreachable
In wonder and worry
It'd be nice to know
that you were finally given eyes
grand enough
to gauge
your greatness.
انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون
Muhsinat "Joi" Yussuff
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