My Offerings To My Lord
(Inspired by 'Gitanjali' by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore)
In the seamless sea of eternity, when life's hassles churn my mind, my Lord,
and a note of discord creeps into the soft rhythm of it's calm waves,
in devotion, I close my faithful eyes, to see Your formless form:
a lustre, mystic, from gems precious flashes on my mind's eyes
and I get a glimpse of those radiant gems: love and peace
as they slowly arise from my mind's seabed, through its billows.
I let these gems to dwell and sparkle in my mind -
I feel love and peace...
When my mind wandered in the pitch darkness of ignorance,
You gave me the insight to see the light of my own soul -
still, my mind yearns to be the last loose knit barb
of the beautiful peacock feather that adorns your crown.
In my dream, as I breathe in the pulsating air of a gently wafting flute tune,
I hear You, my Lord, and yearn to treasure Your tune in the vibrance of my breath..
Kindly accept my offerings my Lord: these simple, naive words of prayer
although they are in fragments, like the playful scribbles of a child on a wall...
Note:
1) Peacock feather: Here, it signifies the peacock feather that always adorns Lord Krishna's crown.
2) Flute Tune: In Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna is always pictured as a cowherd boy with a crown of peacock's feather and as playing His divine flute.
Date: 12/07/2021
Copyright © Anitha Jayasankar | Year Posted 2021
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