At The Tomb of Shah Abdul Latif at Bhit Shah
(Shah Abdul Larif was a 17th century mystic considered a saint. Among other things, he collected Sindhi folk stories and wrote them down and put them to music.)
Once again
A man of the world
Angry, anguished and frustrated
Has come to love’s destination
There is ugliness around me here –
So much discord
In colour, architecture and environment
Superstition, hypocracy and commerce
Are with it hand in hand
Yet this dust is sacred
As I too wish to loose myself in the pain of men
For I cannot fight its causes
But unlike him
I have no faith
In the will of God
Or in the goodness of fellow beings
Bhit Shah, March 1981