places and moments

places we've been at
places that mean so much
when the time has passed
and people have changed or are gone
yet those places remain the same

places that bring memories
places that hold a history
of individuals
in their own historic moments

when they leave those places,
with a heavy heart
wishing that they can stay there
in that exact moment and exact situation
or perhaps just replay those moments
over and over again
like how you would a movie on a dvd player

but in reality
a moment passed, is a moment gone
never coming back
never going to be replayed

and some of those places,
they are there like they were before
unchanged, unaffected

but the individuals,
those moments may forever remain in their minds
with only the places to rekindle those memories
of it's historical individual moments
that somehow shaped the way they think, feel and grow

blissfulness?
true and everlasting blissfulness
can and will only happen in Heaven

Ya Allah, yes i do realize
that especially during those moments
we think life on earth is blissful,
and we often forget, it's only limited and temporary
but the Hereafter, is infinitely better and everlasting

May we always be reminded, and may we always be guided.


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*inspired after watching 'before sunrise' (again).
i especially like the end part, where they show the places
they've been at - it had such an effect- how those places are seemingly unaware of the such momentous things that took place.

places, time, people, 3 separate elements combine to create 'the moment', WITH Allah's decree. and this effect - somehow got me reminded about the finite and limited bliss or happiness or goodness that this world can offer, as Allah has reminded us in the Quran:


بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى

But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world,
although the life to come is better and more enduring.

Al Quran, Al-A'la 87:16-17