Because

 

Because I did not wait for the sunrise,
I found beauty in the night-
A darkness that engulfed like a storm
And stood I, right in the eye,
Gazing at Him with a grin.

Because I knew prodigality will buy me a smile,
But it only lasts for a while;
Thus when the time came
to surrender with joy-
My best moments were free.

When the bugles trilled and the coffin brought,
He let me get up and come out;
I stood, shook off dirt, as He pushed up a sun
This time, both he and I grinned: not in a million chances, not today
Because there’s still a tomorrow at bay.

~Mustafa