Homage to the Torchbearer Tighe O'Donoghue Ross
The ceaseless journeys of the torchbearer,
like the orbits of stars.
He hears with his eyes and sees with his ears.
The universe is a rich farm yielding for him a glorious crop.
On a full moon night, a profuse light fell and wrapped the earth around, and lo, the torch came tardy on the beams of light.
The uplifted flame displayed a bevy of stars
falling like cherries all around.
The eye of the universe opened wide
and a subtle music played a soft tune like a rainfall in the dark. Swarms of angels woke up to the song and with their own hands added a divine fire to the torch.
After that night never again did his torch go dim
and never was sadness ever in his heart.
Sushama Karnik. 02-06-2023.
Sushama Karnik.
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