[English Ghazal] My words

They know, only to hurt, my words
Short, straight and curt, my words

Today, they guide you your way
Once cast away as dirt, my words

As you painstakingly reach the truth
Your course they divert, my words

Yes, you may find what you desire
In contempt, do invert my words

I am “Mahfuuz”, uncanny to the core
You love them but they flirt, my words

Vijay © January 31, 2006