Oh, wretchedness and despair fill me
Yet I tarry away from turning to my Lord
Busying myself;
Sealing my heart ..
From all reminders
He Beckons me, ‘Ask and I shall give’
Yet I am deaf and ungrateful.
By: Aaliyah Alam
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