The End of the World
Wipe your tears
child
It’s not the end of the world.
It’s the end of a world.
Beyond this world,
many worlds there are
It’s not the end of the world.
It’s the end of the world
you’ve known.
Other worlds await you.
Worlds you’ll inhabit
Worlds you’ll create.
Mourn now,
my child.
Mourn this world
coming to an end.
Grieve the dreams
That will never come to be
Wipe your tears,
child
And dream again.
There are more worlds to come.
After every apocalypse
You will rise again,
my child.
One world ends,
Another begins.
The Jesus of your soul
Now on the cross
Buried under
Will rise again
After this year of sadness
There’ll be an ascension
The joy tomorrow
Is already inside
The grief today
Inna ma’a ‘l-usri yusra
Fa inna ma’a ‘l-usri yusra.
It’s not the end of the world
Many worlds there are
Other worlds
Await
Worlds that you’ll make
With your hands
Dreams of seeds
Watered with the now tears.
- Omar Safi