INCENSE by Maryan

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INCENSE

…or oud

A smell enhanced by the burning of coal

It’s not the strong fragrance that has me hooked

But the dark mesh of oud on the foil

Twisting and burning by the flaming coal placed on top of it

As it withers, fumes are released

The burning of the oud, represents the burning of the despair within me

As I stand holding the aluminium foil, entirely enamoured by the fragrance

The fumes wrap around me

How can something so sweet be produced by coal and fire?

Coal and fire, the human audition of hell

Yet the smell of the fumes are so swell

Heavenly sent

The fumes slowly dissipate but there I stand

Not entirely the same as I was before

A rebirth of some sort

As the despair I felt not long ago turned into hope

Like the coal and the oud

Your situation doesn’t determine who you can be

by Maryan