21 July 2015

THE LOVE THAT HAD FOUND THEM

© Farouk Asvat

Shower a confetti of pink carnations
Play the mournful shehnai
Light the joyful deepak
In the dancing hands of Shiva
Sprinkle them with coloured rice
Sprinkle them with holy water
Your beloved has come:
In a sari of rose petals and gold embroidery
With a dot of blood on her forehead.

Put sweet betel leaves in their mouths
Let the singer dance with a thousand rainbows
As they walk around the spluttering flames
As they tie the knot of eternity washed in flames
Circumambulating the eternal flames of love
Seven times
Sprinkled with Ganges water
Panditjee chanting through the choking smoke

At last,
They sleep beneath a curtain of carnations
Whispering seven times to the cool night
Celebrating the love that had found them
- Surrounded by the turmoil of the townships

© farouk asvat

composed: 1986 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:
The Love That Had Found Them  was previously published in: 
     Goodreads (usa, 17.09.2012, October 2012);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p12, 2015).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
● In The House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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