The Emaan bargain..

I kept saving my words for a better day

For a version of life that hurt less..

but then I wondered why..

Faith is not a transaction.

Faith is not a contract signed in comfort and broken with pain

Not something that you practice when everything is going well

Not something you predict, when there are clearer skies

But how the glimmer behind the clouds begins to enlighten your eyes..

How you find your anchor

When the grip becomes to fray..

The walk that you walk not knowing how many miles are left

The talk that you talk when the letters don’t quite align

The uphill climb when there is wind pushing you down

Or the shade that we long for when the tree is still barren..

Feeling the feathers of relief that is yet to come

Under the millstone of pain and tears that grapple your soul

It is in knowing while you’re riding with the angry waves

That your boat will at last reach the shore.

In finding your light when your vision is drenched in darkness..

In the memory of the mountains your heart climbed..

To get you through the days when you cannot get out of your own mind..

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