Hijab

Me,

Love,

Respect,

Sense of Self,

Covering my hair,

Showing Allah I care,

Protecting my modesty,

Exchanging lies for honesty,

Without Hijab, no one could tell,

Unprotected; without my Islamic shell,

Lies, as if to tell the world “Muslim, I am not”,

“I want to die with all of you and burn in Hell so hot”,

“Come men and talk with me, I am married but do not care”,

“I give you my permission to desire with your unbroken stare”,

“I want to show you what I have, make it look pretty for you to see”,

“I want you to desire and lust while other Hijab wearing woman envy me”,

But I chose to be honest letting the world to see, I am a Muslimah so happy,

Free from Satan’s enslavement, free for Jennah’s engagement, I am free!,

Allah’s blessings so gently bestowed upon my head, gently in deed,

Hugs from the cloth that covers me, Liberated from Satin’s greed,

I am a Muslimah, Shouting it out yet silently without a voice,

I am a Muslimah, I am a Muslimha by my own choice,

No man owns me, no man controls me, I am free,

Allah owns me, Allah freed me to be me,

Allah loves me, I respect Allah,

Allah is my God, Oh Allah!

I am me, I am a Hijabi!

My Sense of Self,

My Respect,

Love,

Me!

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