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Beneath the stars. Behind the trees. Among the crickets and the sounds of bees I witnessed three angels lying on the grass with ease.
They are hushed, static. Yet they glow like a distant star to an experienced eye.
Out of reach, we can only gaze and reflect on these three Angels who look like mummies, wrapped with their friendship and love to each other.
An aurora of serenity hovers above them like a caring mother tapping her hands on the sounds of their dancing heartbeats.
The angels are awakened only to float to the sounds of a flute, played by three generation of musicians.
The musicians become magicians. And they enter their dreams to spot them dancing on the banks of a Himalayan river like kids keyed up for Diwali .
The magicians give us a glimpse on the lives of these Angels turned spirited musical kids.
They tell us:
These Angels have names: Daniel, Michael, and Luis.
Luis is the Aphrodite that links them to one another.
She is like a feather that carried with their breaths from one another.
She is a cheetah that runs in the wild only to be summoned by her own kind.
Michael is a Samurai equipped with wisdom. He is a philosopher who serves his kingdom He is a devoted soldier that never had to fight.
Daniel is the moon that shines on an oasis in the middle of the Sahara land.
He is the waves that shapes beaches and lonely hearts.
He is the faded rainbow after a stormy night.
These Angels were inches from me, on a Saturday night at Womad's. I was lucky the least, blessed the most, to be lying next to these…. Angels in trio.
By Tariq Elyas
1-Aurora is the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology 2-Diwali is a major festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Light," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists of Nepal, particularly the Newar Buddhists. 3- Aphrodite is the classical Greek goddess of love and beauty. 4- The word samurai is derived from the archaic Japanese verb samorau, changed to saburau, meaning "to serve"; thus, a samurai is a servant, i.e. the servant of a lord.
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