Korima’s Silent Promise

I don’t say too much,

you already know

I’ve never been the one for words

I keep my feelings somewhere inside And sometimes leave them unheard

But then I saw you for the first time In Camden

And for someone who doesn’t speak much You left me with nothing

to say You took my breath away,

I couldn’t find the words I thought I’d seen beautiful before But

I’d never seen you first

Korima, my special one You changed my life without even trying

You became my home,

you became my heart You gave my life a different meaning

We may be different in so many ways But somehow we fit

just right

You’re the part of me I never knew I needed The one

who makes me whole inside

Two strangers in 2009

You were shy and I was nervous But Allah had written you

for me

May 2010, we became husband and wife I remember how nervous you

were

And somewhere in those early days I found a love I couldn’t

put into words You didn’t just become my wife

You became a part of my deen And Allah brought us both

together When He knew what I would need

Korima, my special one

You completed half my deen

You helped me find my way to Allah And become the man

I want to be

I barely prayed before I met you

Now missing Salah cuts me deep

And I thank Allah for the woman

Who helped awaken my heart to Him

I remember Beijing, the Great Wall of China

You were frightened on the cable car Hong Kong and that special

song We’ve travelled further than we knew

And then came the moment I’ll never forget Standing before the Kaaba

with you Seeing that House for the very first time Knowing Allah

had brought us through After everything we’d travelled After everything we’d seen

There we stood together In the holiest place we’d ever been

Korima, my special one,

If I could relive every day

I’d still choose the road that led to you I’d still choose

you the same way

From Camden to the Kaaba

From strangers to husband and wife Allah knew what He was doing

When He brought you into my life

I won’t forget getting lost in Mina

All those long walks to the Mosque

Our feet were tired,

the nights were long But somehow we’d still smile Because every step

we took together Made every hardship

worthwhile We’ve had our fights,

We’ve had our pain

We’ve had to find our strength again But every time the world

got heavy

You were there beside me

You’re loving, kind and caring Beautiful and selfless too The perfect mother

to our children Zara,

Maya, Ali, Sofia and Zeyna too

Five little blessings in our lives Five pieces of me and you

You love them more than life itself And I see it every

day Every sacrifice, every sleepless night Every little thing you give away

You put your family before yourself And never ask for praise

Only Allah knows the love you give

Korima, my special one

You completed half my deen

And showed me what true love can mean

I don’t say “I

love you” enough But if you could see inside my heart You’d

know just how much I do

I don’t say much…You know that’s just me But the day I

saw you in Camden You left me speechless… And all these years

later. You still do.

May Allah keep us together In this life & reunite us in

Janna