Humanness Is To Be Humane

Be it kings, commoners no less,
Know, humanness is not in dress.

In rage nor yet is it in love,
A raging sage has it no less.

Words nor manners make any case,
In kindness, not in mere embrace. 

Not oft traced in a holy place,
In act, not just in kindly face.

Faced on Judgment Day upon death, 
It’s not in lifetime’s tall address.

It is in lifelong commitment,
Not when life breaks for short recess.

It's not something in an oath to confess,
Humane to be, not else is humanness. 
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Ghazals |06.01.2023| humanity
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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