Puffing languidly by blowing the whistle, there came
the mementos of zig-zag meter gauged companion,
The first consignment on the railroad track, locomotives shipped from the United Kingdom,
by crossing 586 bridges, beautiful Himalayan Mountain Ranges,
37 tunnels of major attractions arrived at the destination,
A first venture, to boost up the drop's tea and coal transportation.
That day, a track known as Brahmaputra Valley,
literally airdropped as an island railway went conversion,
became history to usher the broad gauge interconnectivity of the remote region.
Eleven years later in 1892, thousands of men and women
gathered to cast the last glimpse of the railway track
at the eastern part of the Indian Continental,
to become the witness of the track's last communication.
An emotional moment, when the train ran for the last time
on the 115 year old meter gauge line
by flagging and blowing the last whistle of the dominion.
To bid tearful, joyful adieu to the first whistle
of the last morning, on the old track of the 65 km
railway line, inaugurated in 1881, in the so called
Land of the Raising Sun as commemoration!
Duality-Interconnectivity-Singularity
Journey from me to we to I Am He
Celebrating both concealing & revealing
Each nuance of the flow bliss enlivening
09-August-2020
Tantra trika
Para, para-para & apara
Like the Gunas three
The highest sets us free
Para absolute singularity
Para para interconnectivity
Apara duality
Four paths awaiting selection
As of our orientation
The first Pratyabhijna or recognition
Divine grace in prayerful meditation
The second Spanda or vibration
Resonation with the Ohm pulsation
The third Krama or kundalini ascension
Assimilation in step by step progression
The fourth Kula embracing life in elation
Each moment in the continuum celebration
These paths blend and often intersect
The truth being as we did always suspect
That divine love alone keeps us erect
Moment to moment to moment continuous
The dance of bliss within rapturous & beauteous
Friends aren’t meant to be perfect
They’ll have their qualms
Their quirks their qualities
They’re in our life for a purpose
That might never be quite clear
It’s more about what we become
Thru our relationships with them
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
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