Metaphor of Inverted Tree
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Our Life......As An ...inverted......tree
Asvatha it is called
it is tree of life,
Name implies:
‘Not Forever’
Inverted it is
has its roots
in the skies
trunk below
oh it seems
topsy turvy
our world;
away from
its source
far away.
shooting
spreading
alive-gross
our desires
branches off
our Karmic fold
work. duties deeds
..desires necessities routes
Ordained in-ordained destinies
Deja vu surprises I knew it why me !
Branches bifurcating swaying together outreaching
Joys and Agonies All drawing from A common source
.now on their own accord erect strong grown
Bearing leaves flowers. fruits. inviting avians
Inviting cats for a nap inspiring kids to climb
Inverted Tree Metaphor Explaining Our Lives
Animate...alive...drawing from source...yet
forgetting at times. Was contained in a seed;
Space;Time; Destiny pulled it down. Now earthly
every season wearing a new appearance - Tree of Life
Knowledge gathered are the leaves and flowers
With seasons; some shed; some bear fruits
The fruits are a result of our actions; Karma
Karma are the fruits that the tree bears- only to drop
Tree sheds the fruits, in renunciation
In its own search for nature, aground
The fruits contain seeds
The seed beholding tree
The distance is abridged
As the tree regerminates
In reality or in potentiality
The separation- was never in distance
never a measure
was appearance
our forgetfulness
as we branch off
only to complete
the time journeys
enacted in space
In a play
no birth;
no death
.
Moksha- Is only a concept
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Copyright © Amitabh Divakar | Year Posted 2023
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