by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 13
1
Just for a moment
You descend from your height to
Bless the earth with peace.
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2
Thousands of folded
Paper cranes carry your heart’s
Message to the world.
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3
A cold-blue winter
Rush of evening — brittle thoughts
Shatter under foot.
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4
The biting winter
Winds outside — inside, the warm
Glow of summer hearts.
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5
Your smile is dancing
Even in the winter moon —
And I feel its warmth.
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6
We come to a world
Of conditions, to serve the
Unconditional.
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7
The rare and subtle
Glow of the soul’s closeness still
Mystifies the world.
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8
Like children peeking
At the world through their fingers —
We seek protection.
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9
A rock, a loch, a
Throw, a spin, a skim, a hop,
A flop, then — a drop.
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10
In times of quiet
You are but a breath away
O my heart saviour.
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11
So long to prepare
For such a brief appearance —
Yet, all for the play.
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12
The sound of ancient
Bells maybe lost to time but
Not to faithful hearts.
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13
How can we add our
Worries to the world — when the
Queue is far too long!
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14
To watch a bird glide
Effortlessly to heights where
Only prayers rise.
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15
We need forgiveness,
Long before our mistakes try
To make excuses.
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16
Today all our dreams seem
Frozen in time, yet we know
The spring thaw will come.
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17
Inside quietude
We hear the soft whisper that
Calls our hearts to prayer.
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18
In between the things
That matter, we still find time
For things that do not.
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19
You are the One who
Can dance around puddles with
Care-free certainty.
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20
O how the river
Runs to the sea — let me be
Carried in your wake.
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21
To places your heart
Knows best — to the fathomless
Beauty of the Soul.
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22
Where’er your heart beats,
It beats in time with the Joy
Of your life divine.
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23
How can one define
The intangible beauty
Of your heart’s closeness.
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24
Not time that marks life’s
Beginning or its end, but
Love in between time.
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25
Wet pursue freedom,
Yet, is it worth it if we
Lose our heart’s oneness?
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26
When I sleep, Your smile
Is my pillow — as I wake,
I become Your smile.
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27
A flawless diamond
Exists because of extreme
Volcanic pressure.
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28
Those days of wonder
Are still with us, at each turn
Of our heart’s pages.
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29
We ride the hidden
Crest of a wave that carries
The universe on.
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30
If only — there are
Always possibilities
For what should have been!
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31
Washing dishes gives
Us the capacity to
Discover ourselves.
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32
It is not by mere
Accident our hearts first met
So long, long ago.
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33
Our souls recall the
Countless steps that we took to
Arrive where we are.
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34
Each guest we receive,
Is an honour — and we serve
Them food for the soul.
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35
Neither this, nor that —
The tidal ebb and flow, of
Life’s dichotomies.
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36
The play of goodness
Upon the heart, dancing like
A child enchanted.
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37
O divine Grace, for
Lifetimes you have held our hands
On that steep ascent.
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38
The bells that chime on
Distant hills — a call to a
Time of simple faith.
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39
The other side of
The road always seems to
Be perfect — how so?
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40
Down the willowed way
Where the river bends, a peace
Grove courts the silence.
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41
When next we meet, we
Will listen soulfully to
The worlds beyond words.
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42
The comedian
Leaves the stage — God quietly
Chuckles to himself.
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43
Each step into the
Unknown is ours to take with
Roaring cheerfulness!
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44
Songs composed of the
Soundless sound are made for our
Hearts and souls to sing.
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45
Earthbound time cannot
Limit us — we are soul-birds
In heaven-free flight.
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46
Why do you not cry,
When you have been carrying
Earth’s pain for aeons?
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47
Dispatch riders to
The north, south, east and west — from
Where will the wind blow?
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48
The hour is near.
Prepare the chariots, and
Ready for the fray.
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49
Unfurl the banners,
Let the elephants trumpet
And kettledrums sound!
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50
In each moment of
Time transcending, may I be
Blessed to see your face.
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51
You have carried my
Heart to a place where no one
Else has ever been.
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52
Had I known then what
You mean to me now, I would
Have given my all.
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53
Words written in the sand
Washed by the incoming tide —
As memories fade.
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54
Who would you trust to
Strive for newness — only a
Fearless heart would dare!
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55
O animal friends
We need you, more than you know
And, more than we know.
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56
I am transported
To the time you first taught us
The Invocation.
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57
The harmonium
Seemed to know what your fingers
Were about to play.
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58
God’s song became ours,
And your sacred melody
Sings within us still.
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59
Our simple prayers
Wing the rarefied air of
Celestial heights.
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60
We do not labour
Alone — all life on earth is
Our inspiration.
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61
The distance set — and
We run as fast as we can
To finish the race.
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62
With God on our side,
Who can dare to stand against
Us — except ourselves.
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63
In that moment of
Transcendence, we break through the
Wall of the finite.
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64
We take our leave of
This earth, only with special
Permission from God.
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65
Into the secret,
Hush-bound secret, silent and
Sacred, quiet way.
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66
Down to the sea, the
Vast, heaven-vast, expanding,
Heart-opening sea.
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And to the high-up
Mountain climes, where the winds sweep
Swift in cloudless skies.
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To breathe the air, clear,
Pure and free, to fill our hearts
With inspired wonder.
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69
A raindrop falling
Upon an ocean of bliss —
I dissolve in you.
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70
You carry my heart
On waves of delight, far from
The fathoming world.
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71
We rise, not by our
Deeds — but by bowing our heads
A little lower.
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72
We scale the sacred
Heights, in search of a poem
Touched by the divine.
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73
A heart of pure joy
Is a miraculous thing
In a world adrift.
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74
Our home is neither
Here nor there, but in our deep
Feeling of oneness.
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75
In stillness, before
Earth wakes and a crowding hum
Of thoughts seize the day.
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76
Before their battle
For attention, I speak to
You in the silence.
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77
Here, where time stands still,
And each moment laps the shore
Of eternity.
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78
Faith alone led the
Ancients to water, even
When the well was dry.
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79
Your heart knew that a gift from
Heaven would appear —
Unexpectedly!
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80
The road we travel
May have its borders, yet the
Goal is infinite.
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81
Souls at play, sprinting
With ease across space and time —
On a beam of Light.
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82
In your hallowed steps
I walk — no stumbling self-doubt —
I walk where you walked.
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83
I am a poet
Of invisibility —
Penning the fleeting.
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84
O my soul-bird, do
Let me follow you to the
Emerald Beyond.
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85
Yours is the Oneness-
Heart that creates the living
Beauty within us.
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86
Each time we share our
Concern, we are embraced by
The warmth of kindness.
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87
A brittle branch falls
In the dead of night — felled by
The breath of winter.
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88
Tall grasses of spring
Merely bend and straighten as
The wild wind passes.
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89
To find the perfect
Line across breaking waves — soon
Lost to white water.
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90
To spin a circle
Of silence — to then glide free
Across the thin ice.
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91
We place our hopes on
Butterfly wings and watch them
Dance on dappled light.
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92
Even the darkest
Night cannot stop the star of
Hope burning brightly.
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93
The fabled city
Of Shangri-La can be found —
In the Land of Hope.
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94
Our spiritual
Friends share their hearts’ joy with us
When we need it most.
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95
God exists — in the
Tiniest drop and in the
Far-flung star-filled nights.
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96
We lived our lives with
A promise and a dream at
Your Protection-Feet.
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97
Who else can call the
Unknowable to share its
Eternal secrets?
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98
Lost in the mist of
Past defeats, pity has no
Place in our future.
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99
O ocean of dreams —
Please, do wash over us with
Your benevolence.
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100
Welcome guests — in both
Years of lack and plenty — Spring
Flower gatherings!
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