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A Benediction To Light

from Religion of Moonlight by Gwion Iqbal Malik

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I knelt at the alter
and prayed for rain.
A benediction to Brahma
and Baal.

Rain came.

Mahatma warned the world was
burnt
by wickedness and evil.
A wave of darkness.

That Heaven
split’s south
when Mercury comes -

the silver God, thrown from the
clouds -
a thunderbolt
from the non-earth and
non-sky.

Atman
ruled it was inevitable.
Immanent.
That He would arrive
on winged feet
like Buddha or
Odin -

a messenger from the Gods
shattering the black.
A great invocation of
light.

That was the law.

When I came,
cycles marched on.

The Sun-Gods grinding
with the machinery of men.
The firmament
shaking
under the strains of war.

Adam,
stripped to the flesh.
Eve,
naked in the rain.

The flood was come.

The wind whipping the
waves.

I knelt.
And prayed for Sun.

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from Religion of Moonlight, released December 22, 2021
Music: 'Calcutta Sunset' - E's Jammy Jams

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Gwion Iqbal Malik Swansea, UK

Gwion Iqbal Malik is Poet In Residence at the Dylan Thomas Birthplace in Swansea, U.K. He is Editor of Frequency House. Influences are Jim Morrison, Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Sufi poetry and Nikos Kavvadias. Prefers a cinematic sound / visual. Dystopian sounds combined with spiritual alchemy. His new poetry collection ‘Enter The Ziggurat’(Frequency House, 2021) is available to buy on Amazon. ... more

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