Om Shanti Shanti-2
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti:
A faith-lit path in forlorn lands
Hold no wrath, it's ever at hand
You didn’t know it a bit, did you?
Doling out truth in terms of myth
Not far away to be one with
And meld with the chant 'Om Shanti '
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
There need not be any hurry
Though caught in unusual worry
Stealing the light from stars were you
Striving for success through dare-do’s
Reuse the old ruse through and through
Gave once the heave-ho, Om Shanti.
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
And from the dark the blue bird sang
One viewed its shades as out it rang
It did't declaim in haste like you
Shifting the fake to the forefront
Gifting hate to the mate upfront
Time to go back to Om Shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
The voice that makes everyone halt
The choice they make without a fault
In the detours taken by you
With a lease that too soon ran out
Before one was up and about
The help sought after, 'Om Shanti'
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Whose was the idea of a truce
The false promise that would seduce
Without omission all but you
Nowhere was it an entity
Wherever searched for purity
To fall back, spent, on Om Shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shivering on cold river sands
Sharing our paltry minds and hands
Basics are wearing thin for you
Suffering to arrive at last
Ashore and safe so very fast
Drowning only in Om Shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
Shanti shanti.....Shanti shanti
29th Jan 2013
S.Jagathsimhan Nair
An imperfect imitation of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, submitted for FRANK H’s contest
Entry for pd's second chance poems on 21 feb 13
Copyright © S.Jagathsimhan Nair | Year Posted 2013
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