PHAGWAH POEM

HERENYA KASHYAPU  WAS A DEMON KING
PRAISE TO HIM HE WANTED HIS SUBJECTS TO SING
HIS SON PRAHALAD SAID I WILL NOT WORSHIP YOU
FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD THAT IS TRUE
FOR DISOBEDIENCE YOUNG PRAHALAD MUST DIE
BUT HE SURVIVED ALL ATTEMPTS AND THIS IS WHY
ON A PYRE WITH HIS AUNT HE WAS MADE TO SIT
THE KING GIVE THE ORDER AND THE FIRE WAS LIT

HOLIKA WAS THE NAME OF PRAHALAD’S AUNT
INDEED, IN THAT FIRE TO ASHES SHE WAS BURNT
LORD VISHNU PRAHALAD DID WORSHIP AND SERVE
TO EVERY BEING HIS HEART WAS FULL OF LOVE

HERANYAKASYYAPU PLACED HIS  FAITH IN MIGHT
BY LORD VISHNU HE WAS KILLED AT TWLIGHT
TRIUMPHANT OVER EVIL RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL ALWAYS BE
THIS IS THE PHAGWAH MESSAGE FOR YOU AND ME

ALWAYS BE A KIND AND LOVING SISTER OR BROTHER
NEVER HARBOUR EVIL THOUGHTS FOR ANOTHER
CAST AWAY ALL ANGER GREED, BACKBITING AND HATE
DO IT NOW FOR THE TIME IS RIGHT, IT IS NOT LATE

LET THE COLOURS OF HOLI BEAUTIFY YOUR SOUL
TO ATTAIN SALVATION MUST BE YOUR GOAL
LET THE FIRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKE YOU PURE
LORD VISHNU WILL PROTECT  YOU I AM SURE

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