Lullabies

Lullubies

Them and me..

Me and them..

Similar yet so different

Twas the same walls around us

Living this moment and the other

Laid heads under the same roof waiting for dawn 

They don't shout Halleluijahs

And I don't kiss the Quran

We'd been there for each other

whispered comforts in prayer

Looked out for the other in rain and in sun

Yet,they never sang Halleluijahs

And I didn't kiss the Quran 

While I understood a lot (or so I thought)

They always seemed to offer more than I could take

Almost beating my imagination

Actually, they never prayed Halleluijahs

And I didn't kiss the Quran

It's not the pain while we parted

No, it's not even the tears

It's not the touch of those tiny hands

It's not the pastel memoirs

Perhaps, it's the lullabies

That I'll crave for through the years

Cuz it's not them that slept, while I sang

I'd put to sleep my own fears

I'd put to sleep my own fears on those nights

That there existed another world

Where them and me were so different 

Identified by mere words

Words denoting color, words denoting speech

Words fanciful but words without the slightest reach

Slightest reach to the music that plays 

when chords of hearts are strung

Remote, distant, light years away 

melodies completely unsung

I don't know if they'd breathe Halleluijahs

I don't know if I'd ever kiss the Quran

But since when did God exist in expressions?

I tasted his presence when all was said and done