This poem by Yahuza Abdulkadir is a deliberate dive into religion and faith. It captures concrete images of a boy drowning his body in the worship of his creator. Yahuza paints the beauty and happiness surrounding every believer in the faith of Islam.
Kwaghkule Jacob – Contributing Editor (Poetry)
This is How I Pray
(after Sadiq Oyekanmi)
in the name of Allah
i begin this poem with prostration,
my hands touching the bones engraved
on my knees.
my forehead bent to wear a fine sand,
like a heavy rain,
a prayer pouring on my tongue.
when i rouse to sit on my toes,
i saw a tasbih
counting the lines that hold each finger
on my right hand.
yesterday, just yesterday –
when my left leg stretched its toes
out of the mosque,
a passerby walks with a question dancing on his lips,
he stopped to ask –
so you’re a Muslim?
on moments, like this –
i don’t know which color would paint
my answer
instead of ana Abdullah.
may Allah absolve me,
i would never wear a color that doesn’t paint me a Muslim,
watch me hold my Qur’an
like an egg,
with beautiful beads wrapped into a carbi, hugged on my fingers.
so i walk home
wearing a beautiful smile on my face.
i affirm in the name of Allah,
i feel like becoming a flying bird,
to tell the wind,
there’s peace running out
of every mouth
that sings the tenets of Islam.
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