MY ISLAND’S SAND
Walking in the black of night
Not even a single light,
My heart was all alone
Nowhere to call home
 
Thousands of miles in a foreign land
So far away from my Island’s sand,
Why did they send me this way?
Am I here to stay?
 
Up ahead dim lights streak
From the outside I take a peek,
A handful of people clapping hands
Tired I am, I cannot stand
 
Into the Church I sat at the back
The Preacher went silent, dead in his track
People turned looking at me
Perhaps my face said misery
 
Son, big or small whatever your troubles may be
God is at your rescue, the Preacher said to me
Painfully sobbing eyes filled with tears
From that moment I knew, God placated my fears!

 

© Sheriff Ali 2007

Author’s Comments
This poem is not fiction but the reality of one dark day and night in 1970. From this tragedy I began to learn that in this journey of life, only God can heal our wounds, grief and strife. No matter how black the night, or how all alone, or distant the place, The Almighty never hides His face!