years

as i reflect upon the year 2006
my heart felt kinda mix
there's joy and there is delight
that Allah's nikmat come from beyond sight.

with joy comes tinges of sadness
as the time has come to let go the harness
offsprings stepping out of their loving nest
to carve their niches in this world, in earnest

as nature means it to be
cyclic they are as we can see
daughters born, raised and they grew
our places they will take over, anew

years come, years go
me and my mortality connected in tango
swirling like a darvish in trance
thru the plasma called time we advance.