My Hallowed Head

My Hallowed Head, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

shot by Umakant

I asked him to shoot my hallowed head, the seat of my pedestrian knowledge , the fountain of my flowing blood when I cut my head twice a year with a sword during Ashura and Chehlum in Moharam .

seat of my pedestrian knowledge
fountain of my flowing blood
the crucible of chaos
my hallowed head
my poetic human head
every year
during moharam
it has bled
painting the streets
spiritually red
into the gutters
of mumbai
flowing ahead
a protest against yazidiyat
that shall continue
much after I am dead
remembered forever
by my best friend fred
memories of pain
sorrow despair
words of silence
interred in pictures
seen unread
hussain is humanity
a thought embed