Preface What you have in your hands is not a book but rather an act of blowing riffs. This may not what and what not you expect. To me, my doing this in the style that I have been blessed with is a vehicle to carry a message - a message of hope in the embodiment of poetry. My poems carry reminders why we're here on earth and the best method to utilize our short but enormously critical stay here during what we call "life". In my writing, I include sentiments on social, political and moral issues but also on other aspects of humanity and what such focus implies. Now that being said, I can get incredibly long-winded concerning the aforementioned statement but I won't. I will, instead, let the context speak for itself. Just know, though, that this effort is simply a creative expression and not a religious text. It is meant for mankind from all persuasions to digest. May Allah (SWT) forgive me, if I offend anyone. At the end of the day this is... food 4 thought! Shareef Abdur Rasheed