Ghazal–ow about you

by pottygok

Posted to Poetry on 2003-01-06 05:51:00

Another one from this series. Please keep the critiques coming.


Ghazal

Pay no attention to the seeds false prophets sow about you.
Why concern yourself with weeds when roses grow about you?

Wander the flowered hills. Hear His words in the winds of Spring.
Follow the way of the lilies as they all bow low about you.

Your heart trembles like the water in the well’s darkness.
Come. Lift your bucket to the heavenly glow about you.

It is called the present, for the Right Now is a gift.
Do not wait for Summer fields. Dance in the snow about you.

The Prophet proclaims his hymns. Bury this treasure in your soul
then dig with the spade of Al-`Aleem that He may know about you.