Words can melt you
Words can set you ablaze
Words can chill you to death
Means of immense power.
Effect of word is immediate
Bright or dark the face change
Mirroring the inner flame
The radiant power of being.
Words are let loose often
Into the altar unconsciously
Driven by ignorance
Leaving behind a dead flame.
Speech can be sacrifice
Not a struggle to win
Nor a weapon to blast
But fuel for the flame.
To know the art of sacrifice
The flame should be seen
In the altar of the other
And offer words as oblations.
It is by Word sacrifice is done
It is by Word the flame is lit
It is by Word the flame is grown
It is by Word we ascend.
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ps. The word 'Sacrifice' is used in the sense of 'Yajna' a sanskrit word for sacred fire ritual in which oblations are offered to the fire lit in an altar.
1 comment:
Words can take your heart away....lyrics from an old song.
In todays world of online & sms dating/chats 'words' are all it takes to be an important part of another's life.
..... a beautifully thought provoking poetry,that inspires me to be conscious of how & what i use words for.
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