Descent from the ancient times <br />Pharaoic doctrines and kingdoms <br />Orient had variants be it continent <br />Some part of earth or where the sun set <br />Or the moon would rise enchanting <br />Buddha and Vedas <br />The Christ <br />Son of God <br /> <br />Greek reason wrestled with the myth <br />Roman statesmanship converted <br />Dark ages followed <br />Orient held the torch lit <br />From Greeks and handed it back <br />To the west <br />Renaissance from Italy <br />Of the many sparks <br />The Orientalists forgot the east <br /> <br />The Chinese had invented the missile <br />They abandoned <br />They thought <br />It was against the human spirit <br /> <br />The Orientalists invented the bomb <br />They used it <br />In the name of a value <br />Of democracy and freedom <br /> <br />Pre Newtonian or post Newtonian <br />Collation of data an inferior responsibility <br />It denoted mischief and lack of trust <br />In mankind and nature <br />So was the thought in the east <br />3/11/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/orientalism-i-the-aftermath/
