Said The Shaykh To The Salik

Said The Shaykh To The Salik

it's easy 

to say the words

harder to apply 

the teachings

no one got burnt 

by saying the word “fire”

just as no one 

was ever quenched 

by saying the word “water”

you can be clever 

and learn the words

then utter them back 

to sound pious 

and wise 

but when 

your own desire’s thwarted

your clever string of words

unravels

like you

i’m a human being

when you look to

 where i point

it does make me happy

when you stamp your feet 

like an obstinate child

it does make sad

but understand for me 

both sadness and happiness 

are the same

you cannot buy me with one

scare me with the other one

for i've sold all of my self 

to the King 

who gives the best bargain 

in the universe

4th march 2016

image: Iraj Jahanshahi on facebook

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