gulab khandelwal selected poems

You have tied one end of the rope
Around my neck
And kept the other in your hand.
It is your ordaining,
I am good or bad.
Tell me then,
Why am I sinking in the mire of sin?
Why did you not stop me
When I proceeded towards dark alleys,
Fell in the ditch of passions,
Ascended the summits of egoism?
Please also tell me,
Why did you create evil
And gave me the means of going astray?
If at all,
Darkness was essential for differentiating light,
Why did you unfasten me
On the brink of this dark river
Where I could be easily carried away
By its swift current
And be lost to you?
The truth is,
When every thing happens
According to your will,
And it is your duty to see
Whether I am good or bad,
How can I be held guilty?
How could you be angry with me?