Beware the innocence of hyacinths, beware!!

"Sane voices are often soft and subdue" ..  cri de coeur from Pakistan through Fozia Hafiz ( Please do not despair, the warriors of love and sanity)  HB 

BEWARE THE INNOCENCE OF HYACINTHS , BEWARE !! --

By  Harcharan Bains 

"Soft and subdued is  the music of spheres,

Soft and subdued is the whisper of spring

Soft and subdued the rustle of leaves with dewy tears

And soft and subtle  the wounded nightingales sing..

Soft and subtle is the pregnant breeze

Soft and subtle the drizzle-drops, her off-springs;

And the cuckoo and the breeze beneath her wings.

Soft too was the hour that presaged violence

When  Creation found voice in the big bang

Subtle the message that through the skies rang

Of billion suns ‘n stars and their radiance.

Beware the silence of lambs, beware !

Beware the innocence of hyacinths, beware!!

Hiding in gossamer clouds is the thundery vault

Wrapped in  pitch dark silence is  the lightning bolt.

Hiding in mother’s helpless stagger is the tigress’ leap

And an ever wakeful energy beneath her languid sleep.

In the enveloping gloomy dark

Sleeps the incendiary spark

That, once woken,  will wreak  vengeance

On Kings’  and  their kins’ arrogance;

And   spread through the skies such  gentle radiance

As drown out  hatred  which is a bliss of  ignorance.