I am the punisher and the punished

I am the punisher and the punished!

-Ismat Ahmed Shaikh

The place where knowledge begins and ends simultaneously-

Yes, that is where I live.

I journey from where the universe originates to where it extends.

All that exists now and will ever exist in future-I know

The wheel of time moves and stops at my command.

I have seen every creature since the time, nothing existed.

For I am the one whom you call-'God'

You know all but not that-

I commit murder,

I commit rape,

I commit suicide...

I commit crime

against myself,

To get punished.

To end and start

Both the suffering and the happiness

The criminal,

The victim,

The punisher,

And the punished-

All is me.

This suffering is what makes "us" human,

This happiness is what makes "us" divine.