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