Meherun

“This being human is a guest house,
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honourably,
He may be clearing you out for some new
delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has sent
as a guide from beyond.”
― Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi)

“Be the one who, when you walk in,
blessing shifts to the one who needs it most.
Even if you've not been fed,
be bread.
Rumi”
― Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī

“Don't be a scholar
be a fool for love instead
if you're the moon in the sky, fall down
become dirt on the road
be together with young and old, good and bad
if you start out as a pawn
you'll become a king later on.”
― Rumi

“World Poachers (Sonnet 1502)

The western alliance didn't fight Hitler
because he tortured the Jewish people,
they fought him because he was't gonna
show anyone any special consideration.

Jews were never the focus of World War 2,
It was about the invaders being invaded.
Lo and behold, Nazis are the villain,
though England, Belgium, France, Spain
and Portugal caused far worse damage!

If you feel one way about Hitler,
and another way about Churchill,
your opinion is of no consequence,
living on a whitewashed dunghill.

Rushmore is a monument of massacre,
Buckingham is a palace of plunderers.
Till you denounce all atrocious heritage,
You're just animal heir to world poachers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets