They Say Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

I have broken
All strings to reason,
Just have loosened the self
Just have put
For the beauty's sake,
The feather of life, on the puff of breathe.
Understood the meaning
Whether here or hereafter
Of sin and redemption
Of hell and heaven.

They say I have drunk
With abundance.
They say, the reality's garb
Is trampled under the feet.
They say
That life has too long and too deep meanings,
Indeed. They say.
That life decides time, and time decides life.

They shall escape, they say.
They shall do whatever they want to do.
They say too,
That they are all might.
They say they are humans.
They say angels.
They say whatever they want to say.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
September 4,2012.