Those Times and Today: #1 Slumber

Do you still remember those times

When your deep slumber got disturbed by crazy alarms

One by one echoing through the empty hallway

Those tiny knocks, sometimes aggressive on your doors

A call to rise up and face your Lord

Do you still remember those times

You still want more sleep, more rest

But no, you got to get up and get your verses ready

With sloppy steps, and still groggy from sleep

You walk to the washroom and clean yourself up

Thanks to freezing water in the early morning

It zapped you up to consciousness, refreshing

As you stand in the dark morning with stars still twinkling

You bow down to the One Lord for all His blessings. 

 "Hendaklah kamu melakukan solat pada tengah malam. Sesungguhnya ia kebiasaan orang soleh sebelum kamu yang mampu mendekatkanmu kepada TuhanMu. Tahajud ini penghapus segala dosa, penghalang maksiat dan dosa serta penawar bagi penyakit pada tubuh."  

(Riwayat Ahmad) 

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* Planning to do some version of DQ throwback series, so that we may reflect together and just relive the moments we had in DQ.Wassalam. Have a nice day!