Much he said in philosophy <br />Far and wide in knowledge <br />From west the cup deep <br />Drank from the east <br />From masters of his age <br />And antiquity he wrote <br />Verses and prose of worth <br />From aesthetics the turn <br />To the philosophy in perfection <br />When reflected on the reason <br />Intuition profound into religion <br />Few books in verse merit <br />Many as the doctrinaire <br />Chairs all over the world <br />“Like a nightingale <br />He spoke his heart” <br />Though in the cocoon <br />When cold winds opposite <br />To the exclusion from inclusion <br />To the divide than assimilation <br />To the sword than the dove <br />Prisoner of self than freedom <br />Power to wield to further <br />What he thought was a thought <br />In dialectics for the antithetical <br />See the sunrise from the east <br />Also the sunset in the west <br />What east and what west <br />Humans are all <br />Who knows who is right <br />Who is right who is wrong <br />23/4/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prisoner-of-self/
