Straight Path



Whosoever tells the truth and travels on straight path
 Is considered rashly lunatic and taken for granted
 He has to face all hatred, all contempt and the wrath
 His entire life passes like an innocent dear haunted

 Victim of ego and prey of hounds and the vultures
 He goes through pain in heart from all in and out
 It is very difficult to live and strive among all archers
 But he takes wisdom from faith to be more stout

 A man of principle goes happily through every fire
 Even if he is burnt he surpasses time for salvation
 Being conscientious he encounters every quagmire
 Son of morality he rises from clouds like fiery sun

 Col Muhammad Khalid Khan
 Copyright 2015 Golden Glow
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Submitted on March 15, 2016

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 674
Words 122
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

Muhammad Khalid Khan

Colonel Muhammad Khalid Khan lives in Abbottabad Pakistan.His pen name is Mehr which means Love and Sun in Urdu and Persian. He did his F.Sc and B.A from Government Post Graduate College Abbottabad afterwards he did his Masters in English Language and Literature, LLB, Masters in Educational Administration from University of the Punjab Lahore, he also did Masters in TEFL (Applied Linguistics) and Diploma in TEIL (Teaching English as an International Language)under the auspices of British Council and American Centre, he started his career as lawyer and then got commission in PAKISTAN ARMY as an English Instructor where he served for 27 years. He is a poet and writer. As an editor his appreciable work is Pakistan Army Journal, Pakistan Defence Review, Army Green Book and The Rising Crescent...,His Seven books are already published namely Pa be-Gill (Urdu Poetry), Anap Shanap (Urdu Humorous Poetry), Feelings (English Poetry), Gulab Rehnay Day (Urdu Poetry), Chains of Life (English Poetry), Raflian (Hindko Poetry) and Khaki Lafafa (Urdu Prose).His two latest books one in English Poetry Golden Glow and the other in Pushto Poetry Da Meenay Dastak have been published recently.His two books of Urdu Poetry Aks Dar Aks and Ant Shant are under publication.His email address is khalidk1558@gmail.com.His published books can be seen and read on his website,mehrpoetry.com as well as on his page on facebook. more…

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