Month: June 2018

The day of Ramadan
after the New moon
a month long wait
fasting and praying
ends with celebrations.

Good faith prevail. The impulse
to be helpful chooses
the prime place.
That of speaking truth
turns to be fundamental.

Aidilfitri is thanksgiving.
Grateful for the enjoyments
so far, extension of compassion,
eschewing vengeance,
peace transcends.

Love is the element

“Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!”

Inside the airport .
it is fearful.
People move in mad spree.
Heavy  luggage make
the trolleys rumble and screech.

I, with a small bag, enter the gates
Check in at the counter. Collect
the boarding pass. Walk the stretch.
The security check follows.
My little one goes through the scanner.

As it comes out the content rattles.
Not musical but curious.
The officers smile at me.
Ask what is inside? I quip
it is my bread and butter.

Not exact. It has soft idlis
smothered in tomato chutney.
I carry them wherever I go,
while I fly or drive, other than that
I take little— a set of dress.

One claims it is superstition,
while to the other calls it science.

It is in the mind
has no base whatsoever.

It is an evil thought
circumvents and delineates.

Shows a devilish thrust.
Implicates a feverish dread.

Causes an affectation to the victim
a corresponding destruction to the motivator.

That be the black magic one preserves,
practises and promotes.

Wonder! is it a skill or a ploy,
I do not understand.