Spirit
“Faith begins where control ends.”
Crafted Language
A crafted cadence
became a crafted language.
It’s all peace.
“Peace comes after the work agrees with the soul.”
Trying to find me
was insanity.
Delusional
to who I had to be
versus what I was meant
to achieve.
A crafted cadence
became a crafted language.
I shape these statements
from heart,
mind,
and patience.
It’s all peace.
Facial hair grown beastly,
sideburns kicking
like Ron Wesley.
Skillmatic.
Still magic.
I manage to average
ninety-nine lines a day—
my capital
increasing
since I found my way.
First letter J.
Last name: e la he.
Don’t mistake me
for nobody.
ALLAH really got me.
Show Me
God—I’m saying,
please show me
the direction they can’t.
“Direction is revealed when certainty is surrendered.”
God, now is the time.
I need you to reveal
the hidden line,
the path I should be taking.
My Apple Maps
has GPS.
My Google Earth
has destinations.
God—I’m saying,
please show me
the direction they can’t.
Not the fastest route.
Not the safest one.
The right one.
Lead me
to the place
I can stand in
and remain.
Cover Them
A quiet prayer spoken without spectacle—about trust, protection, and releasing control while still standing watch as a parent.
“I can’t be everywhere.
So I ask You to be.”
God, please protect my children.
Out in this world, living.
I can’t always be their security.
So secure it in me—
that they are covered
from the top of their heads
to the soles of their feet.
Alignment
Alignment isn’t momentum.
It’s not speed.
It’s when nothing inside you
is arguing with the direction you’re moving.
No resistance.
No performance.
Just quiet agreement between who you are
and where you’re going.
Some lives are complicated
because that’s what they require.
Don’t fight the power
with what God puts
in perfect alignment.
Learning the Words
Faith doesn’t arrive fluent.
Sometimes the body learns before the mouth remembers.
This is how practice begins.
“Faith begins where certainty ends.”
Heavy walking.
House shaking.
I’m trying to learn salat,
but the words keep slipping.
Bismillah…
Abu says,
Musawwir
hold your head high.
As Ummi watched from a distance
Kneel down.
Now.
Turn your foot in like this.
Stay right there
until I tell you to move.
Now say these words
after me.
Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm