Eid’s Luminous Whisper – A Tapestry of Surrender, Poet - Ashok Kumar

Eid’s Luminous Whisper – A Tapestry of Surrender 

When crescents unfurl like petals of light,

and the air thrums with a thousand prayers,

the earth itself becomes a prayer mat,

as if the cosmos kneels to taste the sacred.

In this hour of surrender,

the self dissolves like sugar in the river’s flow,

and what remains is the fragrance of compassion,

the heartbeat of unity, the echo of “Allahu Akbar.”

The feast is not of saffron‑rich biryani,

nor of sweet vermicelli’s tender threads,

but of forgiveness woven like a seamless robe,

and love that binds the stranger to the soul.

O Eid, moon of mercy,

you remind us that the true sacrifice

is not of goats or rams,

but when pride is slaughtered at the altar of humility.

On this day, the skies themselves

proclaim the grandeur of the One,

and in every “Eid Mubarak,”

lies the whispered promise:

“Be gentle, for you are human.”

By Dr. Ashok Kumar, Baraut, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳 Bharat