For the Love of Maa Sharada- 10

Hazily I remember

The picture you dropped into

My dream when I was in slumber

And you came in. You walked in-

In many forms like the arms

Of Mother Divine, many of them

But I saw a few women

Collectively, all in a picture

As if you were telling me,

“All are me, my child!”

I saw Meerabai, I saw Maa Aanandamayee

Midst a few other women- unrecognizable!

O my mind, dear my mind-

Who were they? Who were they?

And Maa, you stood in the middle

With your face simple

And graceful eyes like a blanket of peace.

I saw them, the woman saints-

All a part of you, O Maa!

Or should I dare to say it here

All are you, my Sri Maa!

If all Divine is but One

And all Humanity is One again

So, why do I differentiate

Between the saintly women?

Maa, I saw you simple in a sari white

You stood there in utmost serenity

And let this mind not distinguish

Between a form and a form

May I see you in everything

And everyone who would walk by

Like a leela you constantly perform

To fill our hearts with love and warmth

And all I am left to say-

Bolo Maa ki jai!