Hero's Game

 Hero’s game ….

I want to know, how should I play?
What are the rules, day after day?
I want to know, where is it gone?
What was it there that’s gone with dawn?
I want to know, how can I speak?
When it’s not there, what is to seek?
How do I praise if I can’t see?
Falls out of sight, how could it be?
How did I play? I lost the game!
I played my part; who is to blame?
Searching for it morning and night,
Insist to win, hoping for light.
How do I know? Maybe I’m sleep.
Dreaming so deep, deeper than deep.
How do I know when I am done?
He will be there brighter than sun.
Hoping to be gentle and kind,
Love is the one I want to find.
Love is the one for me to win,
But lost so fast; let me give in.
I am so lost,, not knowing why,
What is to see with blinded eye?
What is this thing that shines so bright?
Guiding my life through shades of night.
Maybe there is a heavenly spark.
Even for me, searching in dark. 
If all secrets unveil themselves,
Then, no fear, we give ourselves.
Don’t ask me now what will be there,
When I am done, then ask me where.
Until that day, silence, I choose,
No matter what, this game, we lose.
My heart and soul; they ache to find,
Even a glimpse, I do not mind.

11/5/2017  Haloo

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Date: 2/23/2018 6:47:00 PM
Pashang: I don't do anything but just try to rhyme some silly words. I admire you folks that actually must plan your placement, etc. Maybe you are helped by your artistic ability to paint as well. Whatever the combination: Thanks for sharing with all of us on the soup. oldbuck
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 2/23/2018 6:53:00 PM
Buck ... you are so kind to me....you are so welcome..
Date: 12/3/2017 5:18:00 PM
I think this is the form Silent One wants us to do, right? I am looking forward to trying it.(or I may be confusing words!)
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Date: 12/4/2017 12:03:00 AM
Hi Andrea, I don't know what he means.... Thank you anyway for being so nice to me....
Date: 12/3/2017 5:18:00 PM
and by the way, I should have also told you, your painting is amazing.
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 12/4/2017 12:03:00 AM
You are too kind
Date: 11/18/2017 10:40:00 AM
You are talented with brush and pen. Beautiful painting, and beautiful poem. We are all full of questions that somehow...we know the answers to. ;)
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/19/2017 9:14:00 AM
Thanks Eileen.... We will know the answers... Peace and Love
Date: 11/17/2017 6:16:00 PM
Thank you for complimenting my poem for it caused me to look at yours. You are so very talented! We do hope to find Love with a capital "L."
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/18/2017 1:29:00 AM
Thank you dear....
Date: 11/13/2017 3:30:00 PM
An interesting and lovely poem, Pashang. And a beautiful painting... hugs and smiles :)
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Date: 11/18/2017 1:28:00 AM
Thanks for stopping by.... Hugs right back at you...
Date: 11/12/2017 5:42:00 PM
All of us are searching for love Pashang. This is what it is we seek.
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/18/2017 1:27:00 AM
Hope you find it...
Date: 11/12/2017 6:14:00 AM
Excellent. Well penned. Thanks for sharing it.
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Date: 11/18/2017 1:26:00 AM
Thanks Ravi..
Date: 11/11/2017 6:21:00 AM
Lovely Pashang--kudos to you for your paintings!
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Date: 11/18/2017 1:26:00 AM
Thanks Vijay....
Date: 11/10/2017 10:39:00 AM
It is never that easy to understand what life offers us, Pashang. We question, but answers are not always available. I especially like your ending. Regards // paul
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/23/2017 2:23:00 AM
Thanks Paul..
Date: 11/6/2017 3:14:00 PM
Gosh, I never heard of this poetry form before. it looks to be composed of many couplets, but I wonder if there is a certain other rule involved. Nicely done. I really loved the finishing line. For even a glimpse!! That would be lovely.
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/18/2017 1:32:00 AM
Thank you dear.... If you want to know about masnavi email me.
Date: 11/6/2017 1:02:00 PM
- An interesting poem and painting - A game that nobody wins, really true Pashang - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 11/18/2017 1:33:00 AM
Thank you Anne Lise
Date: 11/6/2017 6:28:00 AM
Lot of questions well posed here, Pashang, great painting too:) just wanna know, do butterflies form a part of all your paintings? Any significance?
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Date: 12/18/2017 1:32:00 PM
Always....
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Joanna Daniel
Date: 11/7/2017 6:54:00 AM
A wonderful thing to keep in mind about metamorphosis:)
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/6/2017 12:37:00 PM
Thanks Jo, the answer is yes.... I do believe in metamorphosis. The larvae dies in a cocoon and reborn as a butterfly. All of my paintings are self portrait, my paintings are all about me.
Date: 11/6/2017 2:57:00 AM
A great write Haloo. Enjoyed it and the questions you posed. I guess the answer is that 'it's not the winning or the losing but how the game is played'. Your 'Anomaly' painting is not only excellent but lives up to it name and what you are portraying. Your poem is as well written as your painting is well painted...Maria
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Date: 11/6/2017 4:01:00 AM
Maria, you are so kind to me.... life is an "Anomaly" and it's a game, in this game, we all lose, no winning hand, we just hope to have an opportunity to play one more hand .... and to lose again... SO ... Cheers..
Date: 11/5/2017 5:20:00 PM
I really enjoyed reading this poem, and that painting is amazing!!
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 11/18/2017 2:45:00 AM
You're so kind Arthur
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