Paulo Coelho, I Did Not Know Him Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Paulo Coelho,
I do not know him
But have heard about,
Is he a Brazilian
Or a Portuguese?

How his art,
What his theme,
The inspiration behind
Writing the pilgrim's progress?

A Catholic I have heard it,
A Jesuit
He is metaphysical and religious
And mystical.

I praise him not
For being devout,
But being rebellious and revolutionary,
Repelling against religion
And religious madness.

The spark of a genius,
The flame of mysticism
Burning in him
With the lust for writing
To create,
A talent so rarer.