author | baloch
photo creds | sania elahi
as the dawn rolls around my ankles
washing the moonlight out of my eyes
i say
Alhamdulillah
it is the faintest whisper
so hushed
i barely hear it myself
my devotion and i rise like that
it is a quiet pact
there is nobody but us
this is how we wake
each day
a secret promise
to the Creator