Poetry
Fire Sermon
(Dedicated to Rumana Manzur)
Fire burns, destroys, devastates
and also purifies.
To certain special individuals
it loses its fiery glow
and turns to beautiful, flowery bower.
At Parsi temples it burns continuously
as it does in Shikha Anirban.
Sita walked fearlessly on sacred, red-hot coals
proving her chastity.
Marriage vows are exchanged
around its shiny glow.
Glass blowers' blazing furnace
shapes images of their unique craft.
Thought of hell-fire burning non-stop
steers people to moral paths.
Fire appeared and with it dawned civilization.
Prometheus was punished
as mankind lived in divine comfort. They say "Marriages are made in Heaven."
One wonders: would they be better if made in Hell !
and also purifies.
To certain special individuals
it loses its fiery glow
and turns to beautiful, flowery bower.
At Parsi temples it burns continuously
as it does in Shikha Anirban.
Sita walked fearlessly on sacred, red-hot coals
proving her chastity.
Marriage vows are exchanged
around its shiny glow.
Glass blowers' blazing furnace
shapes images of their unique craft.
Thought of hell-fire burning non-stop
steers people to moral paths.
Fire appeared and with it dawned civilization.
Prometheus was punished
as mankind lived in divine comfort. They say "Marriages are made in Heaven."
One wonders: would they be better if made in Hell !
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