#w/ his religion + melhem (the imam @ his parent's mosque)

[attercopus]

someday, your head will lay cradled on the lap of an imam who tells you that you pray with the same hands as your mother and recite with the same dedication as your father, and you will be that boy you were that day. wiping your tears as you clutch their prayer mats so your sorrows do not stain into the fabric. you will wipe your tears again, so they do not drip into his fabrics and he will kiss your head--- and he will tell you that your tears are not vessels for filth. and you will always be that boy who cries; with great love for all your anguish.