You are not Simply You, but 'You' - A reflection upon the illusion of labels and reality of meanings

Not a Poem but 'a Poem'

It is the nature of the matters

That the friends attend to

That every word uttered

Can be qualified by the open and

Close inverted commas,

Life becomes ‘Life'

Path becomes ‘Path’

And I becomes “I”

And you isn’t just you

But ‘You’.

It is because they fear

Affixing labels to facts

And experiences that are as yet

Suspended in its finality.

It is not in their interest to follow

The stupidity of men who persist

In fighting not about truths,

But merely labels of truths.

So it doesn’t matter what

You call yourself,

For to them, you are all 'Human',

‘Christians’, ‘Muslims’,

‘Buddhists’, ‘Atheists’

And ‘Jews’.

For the friends

Knowledge becomes ‘knowledge’,

A flower, a garden of God in full bloom

That shall never wither or age.

Yet they do not use

The open and closed inverted commas

Even though they are tempted

By the folly of mankind

That they often witness.

They continue to hold the firmness of Truth in abeyance,

Not out of disrespect or their uncertainty,

But out of compassion,

Because compassion doesn’t

Come in small portions or halves,

And His Mercy is verily

Greater even than

His All-encompassing Love.

Do you understand, oh 'Mankind'?

Yes, I use it. For I am not a friend. Thank God that mercy is in the hands of those who are my superior in kindness, love and compassion!

May your journey in the meaning of words continue in the best direction for you as God has ordained.

Have a wonderful day, sunshine.

Pax Taufiqa.

Postscript 1st September 2011 - For the uninitiated, I think it is fitting that I clarify here that the word friends in the prose and posting is intended to mean the wali or awliya (saints of God). Just so nobody gets confused and reckon that it is the Friends who frequents Central Perk., although I do think that Jennifer Aniston is absolutely divine. But who doesn't? Hehehe,