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Zen


“You are beautiful because of the light 
you carry within you."  – Alexandra Elle

                                                     Zen

                                   In the quietude of my room
                                 After the onset of pitch gloom
                             With mind set to rest, I dare reflect
                                Where lies beauty that is perfect.

                                Deep from my inner self, a voice
                          Seems to whisper some words of choice,
                           Words long blown by the winds of time,
                                  Yet appear divine and sublime.

                                   “Outer beauty dulls in a day
                                 Like fair flowers that fade away,
                               Like rainbows that last for a while,
                              Like shooting stars that live awhile.

                              Beauty of true loving hearts shines
                                 All the year round for a lifetime,
                                   But it is interred in the bones
                              When laid to rest under the stones.

                                  Perfect beauty lies in the soul
                                     That lives as a tiny whole
                             Beyond the bounds of time and space
                                   And inscribes an eternal trace.

                                Beauty of the soul shines like gold
                                 Amidst the fallen leaves of the fall,
                                    Amidst the dreary winter snow
                                 And amidst the spring shining glow.

                                     Challenging the sands of time,
                                 Souls` beauty just remains sublime
                                    As souls do not turn old or cold,
                                         But till eternity they hold.

                                      As a soul never, never dies
                                     But does in heaven ever lie,
                                    The beauty of the inner soul
                             At end blends with the Supreme Whole.

                                  Let us cherish the soul`s beauty
                               That ever shines and stands steady
                                In the sparkling summer sunshine
                                   As in the dreary winter time.” 

Copyright © Krishnanand Guptar

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