In a converted mosque in Córdoba, a new priest opens a confessional. A woman whispers:

The priest crosses himself. “Old heresies, daughter. Forget them.”

But that night, he cannot sleep. He goes to the courtyard well, lowers his head, and listens.

He did not tell the soldier about the library. Nor about the cave, now sealed by a single clay tablet that read: “I am the channel of Andaroos. Break me, and the story floods.”

“I want you to make it flow .”

কবিকল্পলতা অনলাইন প্রকাশনীতে কবিতার আড্ডায় আপনার স্বরচিত কবিতা ও আবৃত্তি প্রকাশের জন্য আজ‌ই যুক্ত হন।