‎kakos ‎(Kah-Kos) ‎(Reaction Against The Name Kafir) ‎ Poem by Prabir Gayen

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‎KAKOS
‎(KAH-kos)
‎(Reaction Against the name Kafir)
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‎Prabir Gayen
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‎Before the Jews could understand
‎The silence of the endless desert,
‎Before Christians carried the message of love
‎To uncivilized hearts,
‎The root of violence had already sprouted.
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‎Before temples rose from stone,
‎In the land of the dead,
‎KAKOS stirred from sleep
‎Within the shadow of desire.
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‎It was not born of one land.
‎It lay hidden in the ancient spirit,
‎A dark energy once subdued
‎By Lord Shiva's cosmic power.
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‎Yet it took root in the barren sands,
‎And through the deadly tongue of hatred
‎It spread across the world
‎With the aid of swords and fear.
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‎It is born whenever greed
‎Enters the heart of man.
‎KAKOS walks without a face,
‎Yet wears a thousand names.
‎It enters kings and beggars alike,
‎Priests and warriors,
‎Saints and thieves.
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‎Where compassion dies, it is born.
‎Where truth is sold, it reigns.
‎Where hatred becomes holy,
‎There KAKOS builds its throne.
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‎It drinks from the well of anger,
‎Feeds upon fear and pride,
‎And wraps itself in sacred robes
‎To conceal its wounded soul.
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‎It enters scriptures without wisdom,
‎Temples without devotion,
‎Prayer without love,
‎And religion without truth.
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‎KAKOS is the night within man,
‎The eclipse of the inner sun,
‎The serpent coiled around the heart,
‎The smoke that veils the Self.
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‎It has burned cities and kingdoms,
‎Broken altars and empires,
‎Not by the sword alone,
‎But by ignorance clothed as certainty.
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‎The sage sees KAKOS
‎In the face of brutality,
‎Sleeping within greedy hearts,
‎For the enemy of humankind
‎Dwells first within the mind.
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‎Therefore arise,
‎O children of the Eternal.
‎Christian and Jew,
‎Buddhist and Jaina,
‎Sikh, Sanatani, and atheist,
‎Seek not the destruction of men,
‎But the destruction of KAKOS.
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‎Light the lamp within.
‎Awaken the sleeping soul.
‎Let compassion become
‎your weapon,
‎Truth your shield,
‎Wisdom your path.
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‎For when the inner sun rises,
‎KAKOS vanishes like mist at dawn.
‎And the Eternal, hidden in all beings,
‎Smiles once more upon the Earth.
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‎@Prabir Gayen
‎28 June 2026/8: 55 AM.
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