Tolling Bell Poem by Mohammad Younus

TOLLING KNELL

I heard a tolling knell,
and I died
My Heart stopped throbbing
Still and quiet
as if it was a graveyard
The eyes in my sockets
turned upwards
looking with awe
at fleeing soul
Who departed?
Who left behind?
How can I say
Who has departed?
How can I say?
who has stayed behind?
If I say i departed,
it is a sheer illusion
If I say I stayed behind,
it is a false fantasy
I am not confined
in the moulded clay
I am inside
I am outside
I am the watcher
I am the watched
I am the seeker
I am the sought
God blessed me
with a clear vision
He revealed to me
the hidden truth
Shut up all the seven doors of mind
Get into the hollow sphere of heart
That holds pure sound and light
That guides and directs
to the paradise lost
God has no locked mysteries:
He manifests all his mysteries
To the perfect man
who knows:
Soul is from the command of God
Life is by His command,
Death is by His command


Mykoul