When the silence of years was broken <br />Solitude has its blessings in vigils <br />Away from the dialectics of living <br />Fear encircled man or civilization <br />One straight thought and nothing else <br /> <br />How a neighbor that would not <br />In synthesis ensemble the ideas <br />In religion and philosophy and politics <br />In fashion and living and language <br />Shall not the solitary be doomed <br /> <br />Sharpen the wits when in conversation <br />Violin and guitar shall then assemble <br />Choreographer’s harmony of composition <br />Life in community who knows the worth <br />Together shall celebrate and together mourn <br /> <br />From the static be the feather on the wind <br />Bouncy as like seagull in hope shall <br />Long distance but love in heart nourished <br />In communion with common existence <br />God liketh to be praised in the collective <br />Ehanceth the devotion and hightens spirit <br /> <br />Why not followeth what the common soul <br />Ordain to be the destiny in happy living <br />What tomorrow bringeth for today <br />Shall be yesterday in memories remembered <br />Bitter or sweet what we sow shall we reap <br />6/5/209<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-common-soul/
