DIVALI FLICKERS
To stir love's pot with lamps of clay
Night shifts from day
Tiny flickers
These are stickers
The adventures of light and dark
Have sealed its mark
Firmly affixed
Truth here it sticks
Good-over-evil weaves a tale
threads never frail
Bind devotees
At Divali
DIVALI FLICKERS © gillena cox 2016
Glossary
Divali also spelt Diwali, Deepavali - celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere... It is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. One of the major festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.
Note
October 29th 2016 Divali - Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago
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