Prayer, Peace, Poetry, and Iraq.

Here's another poem. This one's a response to several churches in America setting 12:00 p.m. eastern time (9:00 a.m. on the west coast) as a national time of prayer for peace in Iraq.

The Arabic translates as follows:
The Adhan (the call to prayer)
Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest)
Hayya 'ala-s-Salah (hasten to the prayer)
As-Salatu khairun min an-naum (prayer is better than sleep)

Adhan

By Megan Buff

Allahu Akbar.

My watch beeps

As I sleepily roll

Out of bed and

Onto my knees.

Nine a.m.

Allahu Akbar.

I am on my face

With exhaustion now,

Praying for peace

In this crazy world.

Hayya 'ala-s-Salah.

Sitting up, I begin

My own prayer

In solidarity with

Christians everywhere.

As-Salatu khairun min an-naum.

This is the time set

And we all pray

For peace in Iraq.

In the world.

Allahu Akbar.

I bow my head

To my God

In supplication for

All God's people.