Holy Pudding

HOLY PUDDING Creamy pale flour toasting slowly in clear butter Rhythmic strokes glaze it glistening ochre brown Suffusing sanctum with spiritual fervour Wafts of rich aroma languidly mount Bursting sweetness from gold tinged grains Blessed offering satiates pious souls Amidst dulcet chants of sonorous refrain Resonating a trail of endless echoes Earlier submitted Oct20 2016 Contest 8 Lines max new or old Resubmitting for Contest 264 max 8 lines Date Jan 17 2017 Footnote The KARAH PRASAD or the sacred pudding of Sikhism is a blend of wheat, sugar and butter prepared with supreme devotion in the backdrop of recitations of hymns from the scriptures and offered to all present.This Prasad is considered a symbol of the Guru's grace and blessings.