Sea prayer by Khaled Hosseini
From the legend who gave you kite runner, thousand splendid suns and the mountains echoed; here comes a sad but beautiful and soulful poem
I generally do not read poems since I have always believed that poems are deeply read only by two people! One who writes it and the one for whom it is intended!
So if I had known that this is not a novel but an poetic ode to the Syrian refugees then I wouldn’t have bought it in a hurry.
Though it hits all the right places and then some, felt let down since I expected another heart rendering tale of dispair and hope.
War can never be good and the worst affected are the children whose childhood is lost in the fight for a piece of land which you cannot take when you die.
Though it was Khaled who made me buy the book, in the end I was more impressed by the soul stirring illustration by Dan Williams.
Since it is a review of a poem thought I end with one!!
Apparently one pound from sale of this book will go for refugee rehabilitation so I guess I have done my part.
Of what use is a prayer for the heartless
Of what use is light for the emotionally blind
Of what use is water for the eternally thirsty
Of what use is war when all are going to die one day
This will do for now Khaled but please write another Kite runner soon…..
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