No Comfort in the Truth
Amaris M.K.
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My collage represents my struggle with God's existence. I grew up in a non-religious household, I knew people believed in God but I didn’t have time to think about that. But, as I get older some things that have happened felt like they were meant to be, like God had already planned my path. The more I got exposed to social media the more I saw of Islam and how much it called to me through Quran quotes. I feel like there is a future for my personal journey with Islam, but I am still scared of the question “Does God exist or not?” My fear of this question is represented through tears going down the woman’s face to a lover's embrace. Will I ever have true love like they do? Will I make it to Jannah, when I’m already lost at sea? I hope one day my deserted broken ship finds itself in the safe arms of a Mosque where I finally found what I had been looking for all along. I am still scared to take that first step in my journey because I fear I will be lost at sea forever if I don’t tether to Islam. There is no comfort in knowing the truth if Jannah and Jahannam exist or if the dark loneliness of infinity awaits us at the end of our life’s journey.
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Creativity, to me, means freedom. Without creativity, I would have no freedom to express myself or tell my stories and experiences. There would be no art without creativity, it gives the hope that lost artists like me will find meaning in life again.
