Creating this Woman

It wasn't my mother.. 
Who laid the plan...
Taught the little things
To become the woman I am.

A grandmother raised me
Independent and strong
Taught me how to take the world on
But the sweetness wasn't there...

Children came and a parent I was
A mother, a father...
independent, strong... Filled with love.
Teaching all I could, giving all of me.

Then...  My daughter found...
The woman in me
A beauty unlocked from a hidden place
A sweeter smile, a gentler way.

What life never showed me growing up,
A daughter unlocked with a little love.
Now a woman looks back,
From the reflection I see....
Sweet smells, pretty jewels,
these little things that add essence to me... 
An independent woman,
Strong, and still... Filled with
Love.

@s.irfanaleem 10.30.2014

Until the end

But what is the end?
Where will it be
The final chapter
The end of we?

Will the end be a day
A moment we recall
A day that passes
That we lost it all...

Will it fade so slowly
We never realize
Until one day it's just
No longer you and I?

The end...  The end would really
Ultimately never come to pass
Never ever be...  For if...
If you really truly were there...
There 'til the end... 
There wouldn't be a moment
A second to recall that you weren't,
Weren't my friend, my lover, my...
Other... 
My everything...  'til the end.

@s.irfanaleem 10.25.14

Heart of Love

Every flaw becomes invisible
Imperfections go unseen
When through the heart of love
A soul is viewed...
A woman becomes a queen.

The hardest hands can touch like silk
Roughest characters fit perfectly
When through the heart of love
A soul is viewed...
A man will become a king

When through the heart of love
A life is seen...
All things become possible
The world a reality...
Living out all of life's dreams
A courtyard for a king and a queen.

@s.irfanaleem

United In Love

The world can't see
What our eyes see
When through one another
The world we see

The world doesn't feel
What it is we feel.
When together we experience
Life's breath so real.

The world, no matter.
What aspect of love applied,
Can't love more then...
Husband and wife.

For together,  we see our..
Love, Life, Hopes, and Dreams
We hold on through all of life's
Challenges, Blessings, and in betweens.

Time may come
and will surely go
Yet in each day
we continuously... Grow old...
We Love, we live, we stay...
In Love Eternally
Moment by moment
Day by day...

@s.irfanaleem