Salman Rushdie was given a fatwa death threat For writing The Satanic Verses
He says he does not believe in God Or a heaven or hell after death.
He is literary, not religious.
But he also says That when he writes He has to use words like soul And that there is something Religion-like in the use of his imagination To create believable fictional worlds.
And that he is struck When in the UK By the beauty of old cathedrals and churches.
He talks of future religion As being in religion But in a different way.
I want to be your favourite poem like the one That becomes Eternal In your memory That you find Yourself constantly Day dreaming On cloud nine for Your greatest escape, A clash between Illusion and cravings Drifting away As thunder striking Stars exploding Earth shattering As our world align Mouth full of us Dripping lips like honey on a biscuit Intoxicating thoughts Drunken eyes A word at a time Nothing else matters Only you and me like Bonnie and Clyde Your forever lasting poem Opened gate of A yearning desire In a forever fleeting world
Thoughts have a mind of their own Effervescent their essence Some like words Some pretend Some sail past Few have to be executed Some need action Past their prime Some evade words Ever changing thoughts Like waves and clouds Make shapes Soundless, ever present