Picturing Ramadhan

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Witnessed bearing witness
In a place of prostration
Meaning Masjid, meaning Mosque
Au Masgid fi Masr
Belly laugh from a brother
Mellow chants from a mother
Or smiling sister
Beads back and forth
In Baba's hands
As he remembers

Warm looks, soft pardons
Homes meet and eat in gardens
Sweet first dates
Jesting mates
Sharing teas and grapes in plastic plates
Where you'll see the brotherhood
In and out of other hoods
The world over
This world's sober now
Grounded, human definition
Prepositions from divine Source
mixed with samosas dipped in fine sauce
Good looks and feelings, what a fine force

The Short Walk Home

Walking, talking
Light shining
City sounds
Join the conversation
But has nothing much to say

A security worker sits on a bench
And seems to ponder life
Others lay, sit
On the grass
In the coolest heat of the night

I move closer to my abode
I step the first stair
Spotlights for my feet
I guess its what the city does

Now the skyline clearer
City still talking air
But far from still

Blue and light reflections
Upon each other
As a man puffs his cigarette

I open the door
There's trouble
Who knows who I could be?

I call the lift
She answers right away
And now I wait and speak again
29th floor, I move closer
The cool breeze
Of the air conditioning

I slowly make my way to the door
So I can finish this poem
If you can call it that