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Solstice

Solstice…  

Solstice…

How can I drag myself without divine wine?
I am falling, and I need wine to be mine.
Being inebriated has its own joy,
To me, heedless and headless both are just fine.

I am tired of me being without me.
The me left me, and I don’t know where is he.
He is not me; where is he gone? He is missed.
I am not me; me is not him; who are we?

I am done with my faith, love, and devotion.
With this gray hair, my soul has no emotion.
Where is my bottle of wine? How much more pain?
I’m done with the desert drown me in ocean.

How much longer for my chalice to get filled?
How much more is enough before I get killed?
I came in, and I stayed, and now, it is time.
I must break from my cage that I didn’t build.

The sky is full of tears; it washes my pain.
To me, the best remedy is dancing in rain.
Am I going to dance once more as it rains?
Hope I will see the next year, and then complain.

The good and all the bad are kept within us.
If you have it, you will lose it; have no fuss!
The more you gain, the more you lose when it's time.
Keep only love for good; not much to discuss.

6/10/18 Haloo



This poem is in the form of "Rubaiyat", it is the plural form of Rubai. Rubai is a quatrain with the rhyming of AABA. Each Rubai is a book by itself, it starts and ends within the quatrain, but when it's in the form of Rubaiyat, it follows the single theme with the same meter throughout. Poetrysoup has a good explanation of this format.

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Vladislav Raven

Date: 10/23/2018 4:07:00 PM

Hi Pashang, it seems that whatever form you choose, you create a piece to start the reader thinking. Another wonderful write from your pen, the emotions flowing freely through the piece. Save some of that wine for me my friend. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Your friend always....Mike.

Pashang Salehi
Date: 10/25/2018 1:46:00 AM

Thanks again, you are too kind.

Roy Pett

Date: 9/9/2018 8:32:00 AM

Absolutely captivating and thought provoking Pashang, thoroughly enjoyed reading your well written poem. :))

Pashang Salehi
Date: 9/10/2018 2:30:00 AM

Thank you Roy, I explained what Rubaiyat is at the bottom also at poetry soup... I love this style very much. Try it ley me know...

Besma Riabi Dziri

Date: 8/13/2018 11:45:00 AM

Wow! It is achingly beautiful when you reach a point when you give in to everything that used to be of significance, of much weight on your soul! When you reach a point when you are done with everything and you want the end of everything! Reaching that point when you are freed! A write of wealth written by a soul of abundance who claims nothing more but Love. A profound write. A great pleasure to read. A FAV. Be blessed Pashang.

Pashang Salehi
Date: 8/14/2018 6:22:00 PM

Thank my dear Besma, the only thing I need in the end is a good name and more love...

Joseph May

Date: 8/12/2018 10:04:00 AM

In our longest or shortest time of doubts.. love is always there

Pashang Salehi
Date: 8/12/2018 12:20:00 PM

Indeed... the only thing that we need more in this life is more love...

Paul Callus

Date: 7/25/2018 12:43:00 PM

Life is full if ups and downs, Pashang. You give us food for thought and wine to wash it all down, my friend! Rich are those who have little to lose. Regards // paul

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/25/2018 9:54:00 PM

Haha... Indeed...Thank you, Paul, for a wise comment...Keep only love for good, not much to discuss...

Winged Warrior

Date: 7/23/2018 9:59:00 PM

What ever form it is my friend...you've done it...great verse of inner struggle...light & dark battling...may you be embraced with 'love & light my friend...^WW^

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/24/2018 2:03:00 PM

Thank you WW, Light and darkness co-exist with each other. One cannot be without the other. At dawn, if I've never tasted sunshine, my mouth is full of nights.......

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 7/22/2018 9:31:00 AM

This poem makes one feel the agony and the ecstasy of life, Pashang. Smartly written and heart provoking. Sparkling imagery ... Aurora bright write. Love and joy always.

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/23/2018 10:49:00 AM

Thank you, my friend, for kind comments.

Robertina B.

Date: 7/21/2018 7:56:00 AM

Your poem is absolutely magnificent, Pashang.. perfect imagery and completely hipnotic .. As it totally mesmorised me.. Many blessings to you!

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/23/2018 10:48:00 AM

You're too kind my dear...

Silent One

Date: 7/20/2018 8:59:00 AM

You write these so well...

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/23/2018 10:47:00 AM

Thank you Silent one...

James Marshall Goff

Date: 7/18/2018 10:24:00 PM

I especially like your last line, Pashang, gave me much to contemplate, thank you for such a gift...

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/19/2018 2:23:00 PM

Thank you, you're so kind...

Joe Maverick

Date: 7/17/2018 2:50:00 AM

Hello pashang, the flow of this is really good; many can emphasise with the thoughts and wishes you explore and display, I think you sent me another mail, I tried to check my mail as I did last time, I went to inbox which tells my I can access poetry replies and soup mail.' But this is not the case.. I wonder if anyone else has the same situation? All the best anyway.!

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/17/2018 2:31:00 PM

... "my thoughts and wishes", that's one way to look at it, Joe... thank you for being a good friend...

Emile Pinet

Date: 7/16/2018 8:23:00 PM

The conscious mind extends itself beyond our expected norms and we enter a world composed of reality defused with imagination and love, where happiness is tentative...and so precious as to awe us with its beauty and scare us with its fragility. Emile.

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/17/2018 2:28:00 PM

Indeed...

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 7/16/2018 4:25:00 AM

We should never live in a cage that we didn't build I'm glad you set yourself free with this poem. Have a great day Pashang

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/17/2018 2:27:00 PM

Unfortunately, we live in the cage of the body... Thanks Pixie

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/13/2018 7:00:00 PM

Nice representation of the form, which you so graciously explained for us at the bottom of the poem. I really liked when you used images like this one in your poem: am done with desert drown me in ocean. (that was so cool)

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/14/2018 5:40:00 PM

Thank you, my dear...

Nette Onclaud

Date: 7/13/2018 4:33:00 PM

subtly intense with a plea for inner peace.. ohh so fine, pash..huggs

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/13/2018 5:31:00 PM

Wow...thanks nette...

Harry Horsman

Date: 7/13/2018 3:13:00 AM

Deep and powerful poetry, of which you are a master of. A poem to read over and over again, that i know i will.

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/13/2018 5:27:00 PM

Harry, you are so kind...

Maria Williams

Date: 7/12/2018 5:50:00 AM

I must look into this form, I really do like it. Pashang this is a deeply emotional poem, depicting a man who is not happy with himself and searching for a part that he feels has gone missing. Alcohol doesn't solve anything, only exaggerates the pain more, that's my opinion though. You leave the reader comforted with your last line...keep only love for good. I totally agree with that. An excellent write and a fave for me....Maria hugs

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/12/2018 1:24:00 PM

Oh, my dear Maria, it's better for me to write you an email.

Faraz Ajmal

Date: 7/12/2018 5:48:00 AM

This is a really deep and beautiful poem,you have perfectly describe the emotional stress of a human being really beautifully, if he is drinking wine to lower his stress, he is only going to fall more deeper and deeper, the first step toward achieving peace is to learn how to control your emotions without anyone's help, it is to accept the past and move on for a better future, I hope that he finds his peace in future, good luck and have a really nice day

Pashang Salehi
Date: 7/12/2018 1:29:00 PM

Thanks Faraz... the wine is not a drink. It is a divine wine... The conflict between me and I goes back many many years. Thank you for being so kind.