A life of many examples
Regent and thinker
Poet and astronomer
Parent to a people
And child of power
Daughter of a Sultan
Mother to a Sultan
The name so famous
To two diverse religions
Who dwelled in one land
For a 700 years
One city named for one
Captured by a knight
Converted in marriage
The other a daughter
Of the Messenger
Such a name reminds us
All who read this are human
Who bleed the same color
Want the same things
Have the same needs
Fatima
Daughter of Muhammed
Fatima
Site of Mary's presence and miracles
Perhaps we are not different
Our thoughts just a moment
Before one comes
To tell us all why we are here
