Our World

O Maa
it all feels alright
fragrant and sunshine
by your feet

You must inspire every sacrifice
made in human history
for selfless acts come naturally
as You tranquillise all greed

Long efforts made in the world
are instantaneously empty
every struggle and conflict
turns to victory

The victorious soul
needs no throne
to lie contented
in your sweet arms

What’s this magic
that turns the rebel heart
into a follower
especially when You ask nothing of me

A mellow exchange
your soft dove like eyes
meet my questioning gaze
and I’m yours

You say nothing
not a word I hear
a sweet mystery your voice
sweeter than the tinkling of an anklet

O darling Mother
tributaries of human emotions
flow unto You
from their confluence You emerge

A river so wide
swift as the rapids
holding prisoner
the heart of every creature alive

The love that surges in creation
as lightening through thunder
is a mere glimpse
of your enormous form

Somersaults of devotion roll out of me
as crickets in rain
as I begin to discover
how close You’ve been

So silent and peaceful
like the snowy peaks of Meru
aged as the Universe
youthful as the dark night

Mother never can I separate you from the hills
it’s as if your soul is tied to it…
I’m not worthy yet but I’ll be
and my hand will then find yours

Ashore we’ll be
for your palace we’ll leave
play with the fan-tailed parrots
nuzzling Jaguars and talking bees

Your home will be my home
its corridors our playground
running around your royal garden
a million joyous times

O Mother all-powerful
You are the world I perceive
neither a fairy tale nor a dream
more real than the world I live in

One day You’ll step out of the idol and walk to me
it’s evident in the way You are posed to leave…