The True Seeker Poem by Mohammad Younus

True Seeker

IF YOU ARE A KNOWLEDGE SEEKER OF WORTH,
WHO SITS IN HIS MASTER'S SCHOOL;
CONCENTRATE WITH SILENCE ON EXCELLENCE...
...OF YOUR MASTER'S SPEECH;
YOUR SILENCE IS BETTER THAN SENSELESS CHATTER;
SPEAK ONLY WHEN YOUR MASTER ASKS YOU TO SPEAK;
IF YOU ARE A TRUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKER OF WORTH,
GAIN FROM THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF YOUR MASTER,
THROUGH INTELLECT OF YOUR HEART;
DON'T BE HAUGHTY BY THINKING, 'I KNOW THAT';
LEST YOU BE HUMBLED AND BE SHUNT OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY,
THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.

MyKoul