The People Of The Boxes

By Dawud Wharnsby Ali:



There were once some people who all saw their lives like empty boxes

They looked around the world collecting up the things they liked

They filled their lives in boxes with the goodies that they gathered

And they all felt in control, content and they all felt all right

They climbed inside their boxes, they settled with their trinkets

They neither looked nor learnt much more and closed their lids up tight

Once they fastened up their boxes they smiled there inside

And they all thought in their darkness that the world was clear and bright



But the world is not a box,

There's no lid, no doors, no cardboard flaps or locks.

And everything in nature from the clouds to the rocks

Is a piece of the puzzle of the purpose of man;

It's the piece of the peace of Islam



Along came a wandering wise man whispering such words of truth,

Who stumbled on these boxes so separate side by side

He knocked upon the first one saying,

"Please come out and feel the day"

An answer came from deep within,

"You're not of us please go away"



He approached the second box and tapped thrice on the lid, saying,

"Peace to you inside, shall I show you a new way??

Someone peaked out from a crack and said,

"You may just have a point, but it's so comfy in my box, in my box here I will stay."



But the world is not a box,

There's no lid, no doors, no cardboard flaps or locks.

And everything in nature from the clouds to the rocks

Is a piece of the puzzle of the purpose of man;

It's the piece of the peace of Islam



He stood before the final box; a hiding face peaked out to him,

And much to his surprise he said,

"I recognize those eyes"

"I see you and you see me, why not come out and be free?

Faith and flowers wilt and die if they are hidden from the sky."



Cuz the world is not a box,

There's no lid, no doors, no cardboard flaps or locks.

And everything in nature from the clouds to the rocks

Is a piece of the puzzle of the purpose of man;



Hmm...

Are we still trapped in?

Are we still 'branding' people happily like there is no other day?

How could we guide the others then?



Waallahu'alam