Pashang Salehi Poet Masnavi

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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Old Buck February 23, 2018 at 6:47 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 Pashang Salehi February 23, 2018 at 6:53 PM Buck ... you are so kind to me....you are so welcome..

Andrea Dietrich December 3, 2017 at 5:18 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!) Pashang Salehi December 4, 2017 at 12:03 AM Hi Andrea, I don't know what he means.... Thank you anyway for being so nice to me....

Andrea Dietrich December 3, 2017 at 5:18 PM and by the way, I should have also told you, your painting is amazing. Pashang Salehi December 4, 2017 at 12:03 AM You are too kind

Eileen Manassian November 18, 2017 at 10:40 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. ;) Pashang Salehi November 19, 2017 at 9:14 AM Thanks Eileen.... We will know the answers... Peace and Love

Sunlite Wanter November 17, 2017 at 6:16 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." Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:29 AM Thank you dear....

Akkina Downing November 13, 2017 at 3:30 PM An interesting and lovely poem, Pashang. And a beautiful painting... hugs and smiles :) Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:28 AM Thanks for stopping by.... Hugs right back at you...

Jean Murray November 12, 2017 at 5:42 PM All of us are searching for love Pashang. This is what it is we seek. Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:27 AM Hope you find it...

Ravi Sathasivam November 12, 2017 at 6:14 AM Excellent. Well penned. Thanks for sharing it. Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:26 AM Thanks Ravi..

Vijay Pandit November 11, 2017 at 6:21 AM Lovely Pashang--kudos to you for your paintings! Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:26 AM Thanks Vijay....

Paul Callus November 10, 2017 at 10:39 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 Pashang Salehi November 23, 2017 at 2:23 AM Thanks Paul..

Andrea Dietrich November 6, 2017 at 3:14 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. Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:32 AM Thank you dear.... If you want to know about masnavi email me.

Anne-Lise Andresen November 6, 2017 at 1:02 PM - An interesting poem and painting - A game that nobody wins, really true Pashang - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 1:33 AM Thank you Anne Lise

Joanna Daniel November 6, 2017 at 6:28 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? Pashang Salehi December 18, 2017 at 1:32 PM Always.... Joanna Daniel November 7, 2017 at 6:54 AM A wonderful thing to keep in mind about metamorphosis:) Pashang Salehi November 6, 2017 at 12:37 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.

Maria Williams November 6, 2017 at 2:57 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 Pashang Salehi November 6, 2017 at 4:01 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..

Arthur Vaso November 5, 2017 at 5:20 PM I really enjoyed reading this poem, and that painting is amazing!! Pashang Salehi November 18, 2017 at 2:45 AM You're so kind Arthur