Soul Searching

#Naprowrimo21

#Day4

Fatema, Azra, Aasia, Marium and Batool

Realised the power of prayers

They invoked in tears,  earnestly the Divine

And were lit by pure light, heavenly.

In bleak nights, they glowed

Like fireflies and effervescent stars

Shining in distant prussian blue skies,

And lit up many desolate deserted homes.

Soulful prayers shake sleepy gods

Whose heads might look up at heavens

But desires drag them down,

Because they realise not

Their feet are mere clay,

Bound to earthly pedestals.

So, who’s to say divinity resides only in man?

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Mumtaz N Khorakiwala

( Batool Idrish Siamwala)

4-3-21

Picture courtesy: Nathan Dumlao

Fatema/ Batool, Azra, Marium and  Aasia are some of the most powerful women in monotheistic religions they are endowed with the power of manifestation, but choose divine will over their desire.

They have succeeded in achieving justice  when vying with male rulers.

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15 responses to “Soul Searching”

  1. Good that you have given a reference.
    Beautiful poem

  2. So profound, Mumtaz. The last line is terrific. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

  3. Lovely poem. The reference helped understand the context. Thank you. ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Thank you Sarita, Moonmoon and Srivalli. The poem required reference. Thank you once again.

  5. Wow… Powerful and informative

  6. Beautifully penned as usual Mumtaz. women are the creators! ofcourse divinity resides in them.

  7. Very well read.. informative and so divine.
    Your in depth knowledge about the things you write draws me to read you more

  8. You are a font of knowledge. Happy to know some more about you. Enthralling and captivating, that’s who you are

  9. That was a wonderful poem with lovely poem explanation

  10. Thank you all : Kirti, Anuradha, Fatema, Natasha and Gowri!

  11. What a beautiful explanation! The text narrated below was quite an information. Thanks for that

  12. Thank you Sonali,Vandana &Sai for your kind words.

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