Being a Moorish American Moslem in this country my poetry has taken on my Moorish Roots.
My writing has taken on a whole new direction now that I'm onThe Straight Path. Finding out who I really am and where I come from has put my
mindset to going only forward and my poetry along with it.
I'm a Moorish American Moslem and that is what makes my poetry so unique.
Incorporating my Nationality of being Moorish and my religion of Islamism with my poetry.
The poem that I am sharing on this blog is for our National Holiday for Moorish Sisters called, Moabitess Day, May 17, 2008. Another Moorish Holiday is called Moorish Independence Day which is July 20. We don't celebrate July 4th because, our Ancestors were still enslaved in this country and had no freedoms to celebrate. So that is or was not our independence day. That is another story for another time.
Moabitess Day is a day that we don't only celebrate our Asiatic Mothers, but we celebrate the Sisters; young and old. Why you might ask? Sisters give birth to the Nation or better put from out of the Sisters a Nation is born.
Moabitess Day represent what a Moabitess Sister within the Moorish Science Temple of America 1928 Portion is all about. A famous Sister is Ruth the Moabitess from the Holy Bible. Most of us in this Christian Society has heard about her story. She was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and later on she married Boaz. Then she became the great grandmother of King David who was of the lineage of Prophet Jesus. Now I find that interesting that in Jesus earthly lineage his great grandmother Ruth was indeed a Moabitess. But that is another story also. So getting back to Ruth the Moabitess one of the most famous and heart wrenching two verses in this chapter of the book of Ruth were verses 16 & 17.
Ruth 1:16-17,
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee for whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; they people shall be my people, and thy God my God. (17) Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ougth but death part thee and me.
I don't know about you but I can feel the power and the sincerity in Ruth's words to Naomi her mother-in-law. Ruth was not just a daughter-in-law to Naomi she had become a loving, loyal and devoted friend and daughter in every sense of the word. Ruth told her the only thing that will separate me from leaving your side is death. How strong a statement was that. She was a friend that stuck closer to Naomi then her own flesh and blood.
So looking at these verses it is so clear to see what the name of Ruth means: loving friend, loyal daughter, companion, someone to be trusted, honest, she was devoted. All Ruth cared about was Naomi welfare and not leaving her side. She stopped thinking about herself and what she would face when she got to Naomi's home in Bethlehem Judah. Ruth was a Moabitess from Moab.
She pleaded with Naomi, Entreat me not to leave thee, that was a desperate plead from the heart of Ruth the Moabitess. When Naomi saw Ruth's undying love and loyalty to her she stopped and just accepted the fact that Ruth wasn't going to leave her side. Ruth told Naomi, "the only thing that will separate me from you is death." Ruth had been listening to the stories of Naomi's God and her words had taken root in Ruth's heart. She wanted Naomi's God to be her God too. What loving devotion and loyalty. This stirs my inner being and I can feel the love.
If only we all could develop that kind of loyal-friendship and have that kind of love, sacrifice, dedication and devotion to one another the world would be an awesome place to live in.
Loyal friends are hard to find but when you find a friend, a Sister that you would be willing to give your life for, you have truly been blessed in this life and on this plane of manifest.
My Moabitess Sisters of The Moorish Science Temple of America 1928 Portion are such Sisters. Their love, faith, loyalty, and devotion first to their Father God Allah and dedication to our Prophet Drew Ali; then to each other has inspired me to write this poem on our first "Moabitess Day."
First, To All Moorish Sisters in the faith of Islam via The Moorish Science Temple of America I say to you all "Happy Moabitess Day"
Then to All Sisters who are just Moorish Americans, and those Sisters in whatever faith you practice I say, "Happy Moabitess Day" to you too.
Because we are all connected by the bond of womanhood because from us we give birth to the Nations of the world.
For those sisters who are interest and want to know more about the Moorish Science Temple of America-1928 check out this web site: http://www.msta1928.com/
Peace and Love
