ignorance that burns

box

There were once some people who all saw their

lives like empty boxes.
They looked all around the world,

collecting up the things they liked.
They filled their lives and empty boxes with the goodies that they gathered
And they all felt in control, content,

and they all felt alright.

Then they climbed inside their boxes and they settled with their trinkets.
They neither looked, nor learned much more

and closed their lids up tight.
Once they’d fastened up their boxes they smiled there inside,

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

it's a beautiful world outside the box.get out from the comfy box and face the world outside

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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 mankind.
It's a piece of the peace that we’ll find.

we are the pieces of the puzzle.play our part in completing the picture of the beauty of ISLAM

Along came a wondering 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 peeked 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.”

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He stood before the final box,

a hiding face peeked out to him,

and much to his surprise, he said
“I recognize those eyes! I see you and you see me so why not come out and be free?

Faith and flowers wilt and die

if they are hidden from the sky!”

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Now centuries lie between all the prophets and you and I.

Civilizations are born and die each and every day.

We see good and bad and happy-sad and mad mistakes

we wish we hadn’t made in our attempt to try and live up to their way.

But if we hide ourselves away,

afraid to grow and learn,

we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that burns,

and we’ll never be much more than only casualties of war

in a struggle we can’t win if we have no faith to begin.

We’ve got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in,

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