Dark Shadow

Cleaving to all its bustle and ado,
What trails behind is one’s own dark shadow.

O man, choke not with truth buried below,
Its fingers point to your vainest ego.

He’s no man that mutely accepts his fate
Resigns to whatso fate, whatso morrow,

A sheep in flock he’s no better to know, 
In cool ash of ignorance to wallow,

A man is he defeated but by him—
O fight thy pretender, beat him hollow. 
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Ghazal |04.11.2021|
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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