Friday's Children by Afzal Moolla

The Burning of Manuscripts

1

The hubris of religious bigotry,

is chilling,

as ancient manuscripts are torched,

and,

burnt to cinders.

2

The searing furnace of fanaticism,

rages on and on,

while,

history itself vanishes,

amidst the smouldering embers.

3

The arrogance of prejudice,

in all its countless incarnations,

runs amok,

ablaze with self-righteous conceit,

as the smoke billows,

smearing a greying sky,

with the ashes of history,

above a library in Timbuktu.

Copyright © 2013 by Afzal Moolla

This rant is written in responce to a recent terrorist attack by Islamist rebels in Mali where they burned a library to the ground that contained many ancient scrolls and manuscripts.