Rizq at 38

Rizq at 38

long years behind me
my youth
years of trouble and ease

now the future rolls towards me
my age
all the sadness and grief

but like a signpost before me
the Quran
tells me to release

all the regrets that prevent me
from finding
the gratitude that would lead to peace

what is water but God's mercy
what is warmth but God's love
what is the food that sustains me
But a blessing from above
what is my life but  a moment
in a vast universe
that won't remember
the curses
that worry me now
like knots on my mind
there is a whole world I give thanks for-
endless abundance Divine.