Rain is Falling Down

This poem is dedicated to my beautiful second Cousin Zahra who passed away on Friday at the age of 5 months.  It is a letter from Zahra to her dear mother Sara.

Rain is falling down

Rain is falling down

I look up and see

Your beautiful eyes

Drowning in tears

And wistful goodbyes

Tears are falling down.

Mama, I’m right here

Inside your heart

A piece of me stays with you

Locked in your heart

I gave you my smiles

I gave you my tears

I gave you my joy

And I gave you my fears

And just like the wind

And just like the cloud

I listen to His mighty call 

So clear and so loud

Just like the rain

That falls in submission

I go back to Allah

Like a dream or a vision

Like the rain.

Dear Mama, remember

The sweetest time

When just me and you

Were passing the time

My lips on your breast

My eyes on your eyes

I held on to you tight

Like I was holding a prize

And as I pressed my ear
on your chest

I heard your soothing heartbeat

And it gave me rest

Like the rain.

Mama, I came to you
As I had to come

And Mama, I leave you

The same way I’ve come

And when I arrive

To heaven I see

The most beautiful baby

Waiting for me.

He holds my hand

And we rush to see

His father, AlMustafa

Greeting  me.

He holds me tight

And he blesses me

Like he blesses his daughter  

Our gracious Lady

Like the rain

Let go of your pain

Like the rain.