
70 pages, 27 pieces of Poetry
Introduced by Dr. Prakash M. Deshpande
"Ali is a young craftsman and surely in the years to come his craftsmanship will become tighter".
Cover Art by Leah Peaken (2003), Additional Artwork by Idrees Ibrahim Al-Hooti
Selected pieces of poetry
Tomorrow
Tomorrow, when the Sun comes up in the sky
Will you be able to wake up and not cry?
To the sound of the birds singing your name in the sky
Deliver her to me, dear God, please, before I die
Tomorrow, when the moon rests on the sea
And when you go to sleep
Will you dream of me?
I wish you could, so you could see how much I am suffering,
without you here next to me
Tomorrow, when you pass me by on the sidewalk
Will you turn, smile, and go
Or will you pay no attention to a stranger you have never known
I wonder if you think of me
Tomorrow, when I would be admitted into a bed
When all my tears have been shed
When all my hopes and fears gave gone over into the land of the dead
Do you think that by that time you would know me enough to visit me?
Tomorrow lies in my heart
A twinkle, a spark, a love-rose in the pot
I will always think of you
But will you ever think of me?
I will always have you in my heart
But will you deny me the passion to be in your life?
I will always think of the day when we would pass by each other, smile at each other, perhaps even sit down and talk to each other
But would you, ever think the same of me?
Tomorrow lies in my heart
The past is forgotten, it's in the dark
The present I hold in my hands
The hope of meeting you, and to love you, and that you would understand
This is the truth, which I hold
The life within me
Isn't it Time (for Peace to Show)
I want to be
(Able to know)
I want to be able
(To fight away the tears)
Isn't it time
(For peace to show?)
To let the magic in
(After all these blue years)
I've been in and out a million times
And every time is worse than the second
And I have come to realize
That life doesn't matter on the hows or whens
People feel the truth
But they go on with the lies
So I pray in solitude
But my worries burst out in flames: tell me why?
Why it is the world turns around?
Why is it the passion never dies?
Why is it that I'm still alive?
What's the answer and to what extent?
I want to be
(Able to know)
I want to be able
(To fight away the tears)
Isn't it time
(For peace to show?)
To let the magic in
(After all these blue years)
I shake away in my bones
Every time I remember the feeling
And every time I try to forget how it feels
It just comes back like a boomerang
So now I'm still alone
After so many years
I remember the years when I used to glow
Where's the magic- why all the fear?
I want to be
(Able to know)
I want to be able
(To fight away the tears)
Isn't it time
(For peace to show)
To let the magic in
(After all these blue years)
So I lay my head down to rest
And I remember I am not above the rest
And life for me is simply a test
But I break down and cry
And I shiver, tremble not knowing why
I open up my heart to my mind and they clash in the tide
I want to be able to know
I want to be able to fight away the tears
Isn't it time for peace to show?
To let the magic in after all these blue years?