SHADE

SHADE

by Khadija Javed

You wonder what my shade is,

What it represents.

Call me anything;

An extremist,

a fundamentalist,

Anything you desire.

I don't care.

My shade is

My protection

from this evil world,

from roaming eyes,

from diseased hearts.

Call me anything;

Vain or Submissive.

don't care.

My shade is

My Protection

of my beauty,

reserved for one special gift

that Allah has given me;

My Life Partner.

This world is but a fleeting moment

about to end

at Any Time.

The Signs are here.

The Day of Judgement is coming.

No one will enter my grave with me except

My body, my heart, my soul.

Call me a pessimist,

Distressed, Repressed, Oppressed,

I don't care.

My shade Covers me

Like a tree from the sun;

Like a coat of wax

on your shiny new sportscar.

My shade My protection,

is my Khimaar,

I am a woman of Islaam.