Whom to complain

If sick of self your own, whom to complain, In crowd if feel alone, whom to complain. The world has too far gone, whom to complain, If all have-- yon of yon, whom to complain. If we’ve evil seeds sown, whom to complain, Stripped all Earth bare to bone, whom to complain. As witness our walls moan, whom to complain, The why if we’ve not known, whom to complain. Not much can now be done, none to complain, Save, in despair to drown, not a complain. ___________________________________ Ghazal |26.09.2024|complain Poet’s note: A typical Ghazal’s first sher or couplet is known as matlaa. Both the lines share a rhyme (kaafia) and refrain (radeef). In this Ghazal all the ten lines (called misraa) of five couplets repeat the refrain, ‘whom to complain’ as radeef. None of my Ghazals have a maktaa or pen name in the last couplet or sher.