And the Breath Said

I had seen - her calm, cool, composed - like a soft soothing breeze,
Though she could turn tempest or tornado or weakly wheeze;
Like a formless cherub in an endless garden of love,
She covered the earth while racing on cloud-Morgan above…!

Lovely you are! I said to her, Love's living conqueror!
Aren't you, yet, noisy nomad, gypsy, or mere wanderer? 
I am vagrant sure, she said, and a tireless traveler,
I have jailed you, yet, in my sachet, like a prisoner…!

It was when I moved much away from the maddening crowd,
And when pondered over her bewildering words aloud;
Enlightenment dawned in me like the wisdom of Buddha,
Many great truths got revealed slowly like Brahma Chakra...!

True as very truth is my brief existence in the breath,
Who on this earth exists, devoid of her, from birth to death?
She murmurs, whispers, commands, demands, like Divine Spirit,
She creates! Destroys! Takes to zeniths! Grants highest merit…!

Soft, serene like nectar secreting in a rose flower,
She sleeps in; grows glows like a flower on a green bower;
Consciously conscious! Unconsciously unconscious! Solace! 
Plows through the interiors, like Yacht through water, flawless…!

Shifting my state of mind, working like a leaven within, 
Sleep, wake - like my mother - in feasting and fasting she's in;
She is the beginning! End!  Center! Whole! Totality!
She is the starting and ends of the whole humanity…!

What an engulfing like a fiery inferno and smoke,
What an empowering and overpowering soul-stroke!
What a change, like unique bloom! Great is the life-giving breath!
What Calm! Peace!  Tranquility! Bliss! Awesomely saving meth…!

With her, no stress! No strain! No phobia! No mania!
Her free-blow within free from frightening insomnia;
Abandoned to her eternally evolving Spirit,
Body and soul reach zenith beyond the mundane limit…!

Growing high, I gladly come to the realization,
That I'm part of the classic universal cognition;
Wherein my inner unity freely fondly extends,
And to the external eternal harmony, it tends...!

Knowingly? Unknowingly? Willingly? Unwillingly?
Breath has adopted me - calmly, cutely, and cautiously!
Has made me a flute, lute, melodious rhythmic consort,
I play on! I am played on! Till I reach restful retreat…!!!


16 September 2021
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Groen Avatar
September 4, 2022 at 10:36 PM
Say Chris, I'm sorry, I thought I knew your poetry, but I see now I did not! Either way your style is where I want to be! Thank you for the chance to study your stuff, and it will give me a leg-up, for sure! I am acknowledging my respect, Meru.
Ln Avatar
August 22, 2021 at 1:07 PM
Well deserved win! Absolutely beautiful.
Alex Avatar
September 14, 2021 at 12:09 AM
Thank you very much.
Agustin Avatar
August 20, 2021 at 1:21 AM
Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... exposing the depth and breadth of your "growing" pursuits, expressed in your awesome poetic style. God bless you
Alex Avatar
September 14, 2021 at 10:46 AM
Thank you very much.
Balasubramanian Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 11:16 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win. Every line is so profound and awesome that this had to win. I am fine, just a bit busy. Hope all is well at your end
Alex Avatar
September 14, 2021 at 10:46 AM
Thank you very much.
Rose  Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 10:01 AM
when we shift our state of mind, anything is possible, especially peace, Congrats on your win dear Chris.
Alex Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 10:05 AM
Thank you very much.
Kauffman Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 9:27 AM
"God's pure, invisible mediation." For me this line sums up the theme. Congratulations on your win! So happy to see this atop the winners list. Blessing of serenity to you.
Alex Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 9:57 AM
Thank you very much.
Seeker Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 8:43 AM
Last entry and one of the best! Thanks for sharing this, Chris and congrats on your win!
Alex Avatar
August 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM
I have no more word than 'Thanks' for you.
Roper Avatar
August 16, 2021 at 7:48 PM
well written verse, Christuraj. Good luck in the contest.
Alex Avatar
August 17, 2021 at 1:24 AM
Thank you very much.
Rose  Avatar
August 15, 2021 at 10:35 AM
It all begins and ends with that fatal breath my dear, I can see how you know the importance of the breath, I commend you for your wisdom and for that beautiful poetic heart of yours, that keeps getting better with time. :)
Alex Avatar
August 15, 2021 at 7:43 PM
Thank you very much.
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