Jibrā'īl (Gabriel)

from Religion of Moonlight by Gwion Iqbal Malik

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Jibrā’īl (Gabriel)

I looked for the animator of lost souls.
Author of the Rūḥ al-qudus. One priest
said it was magic. A kind of Wiccan
voodoo. Dark alchemy. It wasn’t.

The last to see him was the Ferryman
from a time beyond time - when the
world was still young. No-one crosses
the sea now because no-one knows how.

But Jibrā’īl, split the equation. Ignited
the heavens with earth and aër. Set the
sun in motion. Its golden ratio cutting
the stars. Illuminated. Exact.

The Tao swirling in its own orbit.
Animated. Loose on an ocean of devils
and spells. A pantheon of whores.
Buddhas stripped of titles.

Gabriel saw the gods looking at
themselves, struck by madness.
Preaching proverbs and psalms.
Hung like Zephyrs for the moon to see.

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from Religion of Moonlight, released December 22, 2021
Music: 'Feels'

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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