After
Husk by Margot Armbruster
What if I wake up a
recovered patient
Ready for discharge?
In orthodox
rooted family
I have oft heard a
query by some
Affected, “ prayer
and fasting on
Religious grounds – beyond limits-
are they necessary?
No viable
answer except discipline and convention.
To propitiate
Gods and the base for
Ritualistic
practices.
I have witnessed even children are
Tortured in the name of fasting, and
rigorous discipline. Prayer with
closed eyes
and meditation, chanting
and fasting
for hours- hunger suppressed.
Anorexia giddiness. A
prayer offered is
Always there, a
prayer after prayer,
Appeal to Gods
for fulfillment of vows;
But prayer with starved stomachs and
Delayed eating viscera and weak
bones
and lose of weight, even loss of memory.
What if I wake up, a
recovered patient,
Ready for
discharge?
What if I wake up with a sturdy body, bright as
Sunlight and straight?
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