THE ESSENCE OF THE MAN


Beneath the flesh, beneath the bone,

Beyond the name that time has sown

A man is not measured by fortune or frame 

But by gentle deeds that outlive his name


Not in his riches,  nor the crown on his head, 

Not in the stories of glory once spread

Not in his shadow, not in his name

Not in the trophies of worldly flame


It lives in his aloneness as the hand it gives

In his unseen courage, the life that he lives

It shines where the truth and mercy meets

In humble hands, in hearts that beats


Man is the fire that refuse to die 

He has the courage when all seems to die

Forgetting the lie, a kindness begun

This-only this-is the essence of the man

                                        Aqib Hussain 

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