A Taste Sweeter than Honey 
Haroon Sellars 
 

A day of fasting is a 
day of caution 
Feeling fatigued from 
desirous exhaustion 
 
Pass or fail is a matter 
of the unseen 
So I must struggle on to keep 
my record clean 
 
A tune up for the soul much more vital 
than a car 
To clean up a sinful heart 
encrusted like tar 
 
It’s been a little while since I entered 
into this state 
I taste the bitterness of patience 
during my tasteless wait 
 
The sting of thirst 
settles in 
As well as painful memories 
of sin 
 
Realizing how much my soul 
has been ignored 
Realizing that true hunger 
is distance from my Lord 
 
Realizing careless words 
that cut like a knife 
Realizing I have never been 
truly hungry in my life 

Realizing I have much longer to go 
than I thought 
Realizing that purification is not a thing 
easily bought 
 
But it is a gift for the 
sick and diseased 
It is a gift from 
a Lord well pleased 
 
Like one searching all his life 
for a lost treasure 
Imagine living for one second 
outside of this pleasure! 
 
Oh how I hope that He is pleased with me 
when I return 
Oh how I hope to be shown my mistakes now 
that I might learn 
 
Learn to draw near 
like those that draw nearest 
Learn to make a place in my heart 
where His rememberance is dearest 
 
Thoughts crystal clear now 
to see the ways of error 
Reflection upon that Great Day 
its rewards and its terror! 

Clear is the way of the rejecters 
who have fled from His Light! 
Clear is the way of the reflectors 
who flow with insight 

Increasing in certitude 
of the Overwhelming Event! 
Increasing sensitivity to how 
time is spent 
 
Followers of the Prophets 
whose restraint gave them power! 
Manifesters of tawheed 
shaitan can’t devour 
 
Oh consumers of the haram! 
no surprise at how we’re behaving! 
Why isn’t the halal sufficient 
to satisfy our craving!? 
 
Are you a Muslim 
or a fool? 
Please accept this invitation 
to a pool 
 
Fed by a river called kawthar 
whiter than milk, sweeter than honey 
For those who’s Lord was Allah 
not sex, food and money! 
 
Rejoicing that the life of this world 
is a gonner 
Waiting for that first glance 
at the One full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor! 

How joyful all these thoughts 
as my heart seems to soften 
Surely I should fast more often! :-)