Ink Stained Heart

By Fatimah Binte Bilal,

A binding of leather

Worn

Twine-like

Ribbon pushed through

A slew of yellowed pages

And faded gold

Stretched over

Adorning in deafening silence

Just a book

And why run your life

By a book?

But God spoke

Through every printed

Ancient Arabic

Word

Pulsated through

Each dotted letter

Penetrated the drum

God’s majestic tones

Just a book

Remove the just

A book

Remove and add

The book

Of God

Is wrapped adoringly

In stitched white

Soft, tasselled, tightly

Wrapped and held

Heart-height

Placed higher

Than head-height

The word of God

Presides

Over mankind

Fatimah Binte Bilal is a poetry enthusiast from the county of West Yorkshire in the UK.