Do you have a vision?

By Usayd

Do you have a vision…
What, like can I see?
No, do you have sight of where you want to be.

I live the days as they come, he says
What happens tomorrow - I can’t guarantee today
So why bother trying to be something I’m not
Striving towards an ends only to end up in a box.

If only lessons could be learnt through words
Life is an experience to be lived, not heard
Yet schooling seems to be the preferred option
Those high horses falling nearest the bottom.

I have a rough idea of the way out
Sketched in my head is an erroneous route.
The checkpoints are determined by ’success’
To which my answers are but a guess.

Right, left, east, west…
Which direction will put my heart at rest?
“Follow this road, then take the second exit.”
Guidance is clear - but on the path I slip.
Plummet into what they call oblivion
Looking to the sky, the sun at meridian.

I once had a vision, it was clear as day
Then the night came and swept it away.
This is why I ask, if indeed you know,
For I understand why, but not the way to go.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 1:47 am / 28 Jumada al-Ula 1429AH and is filed under Poetry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Do you have a vision?”

  1. Ushouldknowbynow Says:
    June 4th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    Love the last 2 verses, really well written. The guidence is there, the path mapped out it even comes with a compass! However being able 2 follow it seems 2 be the hardest thing of all. I.A you will reach the intended destination of where the guidence leads..

  2. me Says:
    June 5th, 2008 at 12:47 am

    i really like the 4th verse - good to see u writing again! hope exams are going/went well inshaAllah…

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