Monday, 1 May 2017

Ode to Reality.

Ode to Reality.
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In your face, I see many faces,
In many faces I see but you!
Occasionally a bit sad,
Though watchful, witty.
Or just a fountain of joy immense.
Serene, silent, waters of Bliss.
Oh! In you I see many faces.
In many faces, I see but you!
Since times ancient-most,
When you were Sin,
The Moon The mind,
Since those times,
When you were Liz,
And since those,
When you were Monet.
And even much before those,
When you were गौरी / GaurI,
दुर्गा / Durga, काली / Kali, and ललिता / Lalita,
When I was just a vehicle for you !
The Lion, The सिंह / SiMha, The Sphinx,…
Though as Sphinx,
I was नृसिंह / NrSiMha too!
And through a few millennia later,
I was transformed into Leonardo da Vinci,
And transformed you into Mona the Lisa,
I never forgot you!
You were like सदाबहार / बारामासी / Vinca,
 छुई-मुई, लाजवन्ती or Mimosa,
And I painted your image,
Sculpted your forms as इष्टार / Ishtar,
The Liz, लक्ष्या / Lakshya, लक्ष्मी / LakshmI,
ललिता / Lalita, लास्या / LasyA,
लाजवंती / LajjavatI or Elizabeth,
In your face, I saw many faces,
In many faces I saw but you!
And you said unto me:
“This body is the manifestation of,
Your prayers and your aspirations,
And your earnestness and devotion.
This body has not come into being,
Because of past karm, -like yours,
And those innumerable mortal,
That wanders the face of Earth,
Though I am the Earth too,
And all they are but my children.
This body is but the form of the Formless,
The Mother Supreme,
-Of the Whole Existence.”
And you at once lost all form,
Alas, Since then I kept seeking you,
In all infinite forms,
Again and again,-desperately …
A forlorn child of you,
O Mother!
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