Offering Thanks To the Lord
Offering Thanks to the Lord
Accept my thanks, Merciful Lord,
For shielding me oft and anon
From the harsh grips of certain death
That I may again sing your song,
That I may again take a breath
To chant your eternal glory
And inscribe your inspiring hymns
In the endless roll of history.
Accept my thanks, Almighty Lord,
For again according to me
A longer lease of life on board
That I gaze at your marvels,
A rainbow up high in the sky
Or a shooting star that travels
Across the distant firmament
And then flits away like an angel.
My thanks to you, Bountiful Lord,
For again showering on me
A longer life that I may afford
To contemplate at your wonders,
The golden sun rising at dawn,
The setting sun in a crimson sky
Or gentle waves crashing in the morn
Against reefs to form a milky stretch.
Do accept my thanks, Supreme Lord,
For brightening the divine path
To reach your heavenly abode
Through liberation from the mortal chain,
To unite with the Divine Whole,
The vast infinity to attain,
To merge with the Absolute Soul
And eternal bliss to regain.
When the chimes of your divine bell
Will reach my humble and senile ears,
My soul will ever feel no pain
To shatter, without any fear,
The sturdy shackles of mortal chains
In search for its fated destiny
Away from the earthly train
To the divine eternity,
Further beyond the distant space.
Written by Krishnanand Guptar in October 2022, after recovery from a major urgent surgery carried out to remove the large intestine somehow stuck with a large hernia.
Features in a Collection of Poems “Spirituality and Beyond" in the process of self-publication.
23 January 2023.
Copyright © Krishnanand Guptar | Year Posted 2023
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