Without Reason 
Muqtedar Khan



Somewhere, in the vast expanse of our mind

Is the clue to the secret of the never ending life

Somewhere in the depths of our soul, We will find

Some empathy with death and a meaning in life.

 

Somewhere in this vast desert that is life

Beyond the agony of recurring mirages

Is the oasis of hope and the spring of life

Quiet and serene, uninhabited for ages

 

On the plains and on the mountains in the valleys and the deserts

The silence of wisdom has ruled forever

Banished from the homes, the cities, and the nations

Overcome by the screams of greed and power.

 

The truth that was ours, is now alien to us

Upset with our vision and our refusal to reason

It lives in exile, within us and without

Watching in fear as we live without reason.