The Journey

Life, death and eternity...

The Journey…By Sami Khalil

Life, death, eternity…

Nothing stands still.

None live in vain.

The humble flame

is ever burning.

The subtle light

is incessantly shinning.

In ageless souls,

purpose and meaning.

Behold the journey;

Just a moment in time,

A predestined meeting.

Behold the dream,

Just a passing sail,

In slumber shades.

But life persists,

Through the constancy,

Through aging faces

Of seasons’ clime.

Though hearts

long to be immortal,

Every waking moment,

A precious gift,

An ambient miracle,

Leaving rippling traces,

Wave after wave,

Melody after melody,

Till our final rest

In heaven’s peace and joys

From endless sailing!

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'The Journey'
Sami Khalil,
An eye on our passing minutes, focus upon wrinkled faces, experiences cherished within.
Loved ones now gone but we remember. Love intertwined in life places. We will be like them someday. Sami, your gentle and kind words are welcome to me. It was good to ponder eternity
imprinted in this poem so beautifully!You have memorialized the beauty and the fleeting precious reality of humanity.
Blessings to you.
Kathy

[Sami Khalil]

Hi Kathy. So glad to see you after a long time. I hope all is well with you. I was pondering Kathy on all these hard stages we all go through. Kenneth Tobola, asked me to write him a poem. He was admitted to the nursing home. When I went to visit him, he was sitting with a group of men and women in a large hall and I was caught by surprise when he asked me to read it out loud. I did and he hugged me and thanked me. It was a good experience indeed. Thank you so much for all...

[Kathy Van Kurin]

It is wonderful to see this information in your review. You must of been very satisfied and pleased to offer your thoughts and help through words written and spoken as you have. I love this! Bless him and you. What a cool image I see as you describe folks there with him not alone but supported and loved. Very cool. Thank you Sami for filling me in on this particular writing's history. It is really super precious! Take care during this time. I don't think we are quite through it just yet.
Blessings its nice to be here. Blessings my friend!
Kathy

[Sami Khalil]

Yes indeed. You do the same. God bless you as well. Keep up the inspiration coming.

[John Ciarmello]

An intuitive piece of writing Sami! " the humble flame" "The ageless souls" "Through hearts that long to be immortal" Great work Sami. Read my "I Became" let me know what you think. I haven't received many reviews on that one? Best to you my friend

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. Thank you so much John for this wonderful review and kind words. Always appreciated.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Yea eventually hopefully in heavens peace and joys as u stated in your great muse poem. I like how u chronicled it in thought flow, superb poetic word choice. Kudos.

Soo nice to read from u again, would like your great thoughts on my latest poem too, pleez, on suicide.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you so much Zaynab for this amazing review and your long awaited visit. Glad to see you.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Aww awaited,' I really admire reading your poems, I will keep coming back for more.

[Sami Khalil]

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[Alistair (Ali)]

Beautiful words my friend- I have no god to look to, but i have those that I will love forever...how do we go on from this?
Much peace to you.

[Sami Khalil]

First, thank you so much for the review. Secondly, a good question that I like you to contemplate my answer thoroughly and either accept or reject( your prerogative) for I dislike getting into long, drawn out theological debates.
Most humans seek a name, identity, formula or an object when searching for God. In doing so, they think inside the box called the physical reality. Although God's imprints are all over and in every detail but he resides not in our imagination but in the Non-dual, unseen world. God is The Great Spirit which gave a spirit to each one of us. The way to know God or look forward to The God is through the spirit within and through experiencing Him and His presence. Now, when we ever and truly experience that, we feel the unconditional love that permeates all beings. In the dual world, He gave us the free will to test us and to choose between good and evil. Free will is not independence for we still have to honor and respect authority or it will be chaotic and total mayhem. Absolute independence from authority(which should be just and fair) is a rebellion and out of the Will of God. Peace, harmony and good will are all fruit of the obediance to His will.
By the way, we all all spirits in a fleshly bodyand this body will be replaced one day with a perfect one in the unseen world with our spirits intact.
That is why your love will continue for your loved ones for it is spiritual in nature and not physical in essence.
As for knowing God on a basic level, look at children and how they don't care about theiir fathers or mother's names or any other feature(like height, strength, knowledge and so forth) for all they know is love and sustenance they innately expect from them. That is why Jesus said that if you do not become as little children, you will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Children also have no grown up egos which seperates us totally from God and which is all based baseless things we cling to in this world.
A long subject but I shared what I believe. If you believe otherwise, that is your prerogative and we will respect each others beliefs and so forth.
Peace...

[Alistair (Ali)]

I like your style, my friend- truly, and thank you for such a thoughtful riposte
I do not hold to scripture,- for may reasons, that I shall not go into, but I do believe in the notion, that we know as " love"- I will hold anyone that I can in my small embrace, and will see them out into open water with a peace that they deserve.
I come from ragged roots like many others , but see the fire in the eyes that pass the cold days down.
Chance is the ladder that reaches into the rarest of rooms- gives some an escape from the illusion of freedom- lines their pockets-lends them soundproof walls, hand-me down mansions for the HD generations, who no longer need to go outside
Where is the World that young should inherit?- and did it ever "belong" to us?- was it ever ours to pass on?

For me, this is the ultimate responsibility of humanity- we are somewhat arrogant to presume, that we are the apex of all things in this golden-mile.
We are no more than a high- minded parasite, that believes ourselves beyond the rest of species- and that, will be our undoing.
The time is close to hand, the balance is tipping- this planet is not "ours"- and it never was- we are simply, the new dinosaurs, with our day in the Sun- our footprints and cave paintings may be found in a million years by a life form that holds our primitive venture as something quaint and moving, before the planet shook us off, as the disease that we have become- there will be lessons for future lives, found in our echoes, and they will find the remains of our cities beneath the waves.
Are we the most advanced life-form on planet Earth?- I think not, perhaps the leviathans of the deep know far more than us.

That said my friend, I love your verse, and that is what we are about!- this is our searching, and while we remain, so long may long it continue!!

Not sure if any of this makes sense- but then again, I am not sure what sense is.
Sending you a massive high five, and a collection of 45's!
Love
Dub
and distant Stars

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you for sharing. All appreciated.

[Alistair (Ali)]

All good my friend and do forgive all my old chutney!- it was the rantings of a well sozzled mind- too many shots with the rugby and football- at the time it all seemed to make sense!
All the best my friend!

[Sami Khalil]

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[Leigh]

You have put my little boat sharply into the perspective of the world around. I get a feeling of being lifted when I read your poetry as my eyes and mind steer through the relevance of your words. Keep writing :-)

[Sami Khalil]

Whoa! I love your poetic words. Thank you so much for all you say and do. God bless.

[lightsong]

It's all about waves and energy, that we are but energy, Your poem is superb in the clear simple words, yet in the profound meanings it holds, how one moment can be forever, and how we can live forever, a fine piece my friend, thank You for sharing it!

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. What a marvelous review. Thank you so much Light for this visit and sharing. Be blessed.

[Neville]

How well you weave so many universal truths into a single poem. Bravo my fine literary friend, another splendid write...................All Good Things, Neville

[Sami Khalil]

How well you say and articulate things. Thank you so much for all. All Good Things.

[Neville]

The pleasure is entirely mine my friend. AGT's Neville

[Sami Khalil]

AGT.......

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

No, nothing stops and time keeps moving--nice capture of thoughts on your subject.

Metaphor in tune here!

[Sami Khalil]

Many and many thank yous for this lovely visit and kindness. All appreciated...

[emmajoy]

'.. But life persists, ~ Through the constancy, ~ Through aging faces ~ Of seasons’ clime. ~ Though hearts ~ long to be immortal, .. '

Sami, your ability to write subtle meter and also add full flavour to your written thoughts is always impressive. Time - and the adventures it holds, is the greatest teacher - if one allows it. We should learn by experience as says the quote (loosely recalled) ; I am all the people i've met, disliked and loved; all the places i've wanted to leave or tarried in; all the emotions felt, recalled, scarred by,, ,, Those words or the core of them have taken me rhrough a few years.. and God willing, a few more to come. Seems you feel similar and glory the chance of thinking yet more!

(just edited my thousands of typos, so sorry)

[Sami Khalil]

Million thanks to you and this marvelous review and garden of thought. All appreciated.

[andrew mitchell]

Every moment is sacred and life is just a passing moment shared with time!

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you so much sir Andrew for this great wisdom and visit. Much obliged.