My Karbala

In the name of Allah, the Ever Merciful, the Especially Merciful 

My Karbala

Dedicated to a dear friend

Prayer or player?

Riser or stayer?

Love or desire?

Stay low or climb higher?

Supplication or Shisha?

Romance or rosary?

Freedom or slavery?

Pride or humility?

Laziness or action?

Remain static or seek perfection?

Walk humbly or bop?

Lower my gaze or look up?

Argue or tolerate?

Accept others or just hate?

Raise my voice in anger?

Or give silence as my answer?

Resist my ego; swallow my pride?

Or leave the fire to burn inside?

Keep on jamming with my friends?

Or end it all and make amends?

Keep good and bad within me mixed up?

Or decide it's time to really fix up?

Whose side will I choose?

Who will win and who will lose?

Where is darkness, where is light?

Who is wrong and who is right?

Where is truth and where are lies?

Which will live and which will die?

Who will laugh and who will cry?

Who will triumph though he's slain?

Who has strength to take the pain?

Who has strength to bite the bullet?

Who is man enough to take it?

Who is strong enough to make it?

Through the highs and through the lows

Ups and downs, and so life goes

Who keeps striving, who keeps trying?

And who keeps to his own self lying?

Who is dead and who's immortal?

Whose love has made his name eternal?

Yazid... or Hussain?