by Animesh

 

 

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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru

— the Peerless Seer-Poet —

Sri Chinmoy

 

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Volume 6

 

 

1

To capture your smile

In a brushstroke, or beauty

With a turn of phrase.

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2

To cross oceans with

Gossamer sails, or fly on

Wings made of paper.

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3

To see beyond with

Both eyes closed, and to feel your

Heart in just one breath.

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4

It is our sacred

Dream — our life’s goal — to create

The impossible.

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5

Your heart — my safety,

My inner sanctuary,

My eternal home.

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6

You have woven your

Love, into each note of your

Melodies divine.

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7

From our beyond comes

Newness that never before

Existed on earth.

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8

We begin our days

With love — the shining jewel

Of our oneness-heart.

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9

When God created

Our hearts, he also gave us

His oneness-life dream.

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10

As tides ebb and flow,

Creator and creation

Too, reverse their roles.

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11

With our hearts’ prayers,

We reach to touch the ever-

Present silence above.

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12

We step on freshly

Laid ground, as our universe

Expands on all sides.

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13

In the company

Of angels, we always put

Our best foot forward.

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14

There is a place of

Exquisite beauty where our

Hearts play together.

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15

There is a place of

Quiet solitude where our

Hearts pray together.

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16

One day we will look

At these earthly years and say,

How lucky we were!

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17

Our pilgrim hearts have

Travelled for millennia

Just to reach your Feet.

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18

On bended knees, we

Place our gratitude-flowers

At Your sacred Feet.

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19

You come to my heart

With a sunburst of delight

O my life giver.

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20

I live inside the

Shelter of your precious love

O my heart dreamer.

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21

Life is a chance for

Us to offer this world our

Heart’s peace and goodwill.

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22

A canoeist or

Haikuist, such a choice when

You are all at sea!

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23

If I could omit

Just one mistake in this life,

It would be — regret!

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24

Your New York is a

City within a country

Within your Heart Home.

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25

My London is a

City with in a county

With in your Heart Realm.

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26

If the fingertips

Of your outstretched hand could touch

My eyes, I would wake.

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27

As the world sleeps, I

Write the words that silence speaks,

Just for you to read.

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28

Your divinity

Is so close, I see before

Me, my Beloved.

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29

You are a healer

Of minds, a lover of hearts —

Fulfiller of lives.

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30

In the brush of a

Moment, in the deep silence

Of night, I feel You.

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31

Through the frantic maze

Of life’s complications, I

Seek your heart of Peace.

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32

A shining jewel —

One, among myriads — You

Took my breath away.

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33

To our wide surprise

God blessed our lives with colours,

All so beautiful.

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34

O, to be a bird,

To lift and live among the blue

Heights of heaven-skies.

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35

With my heart-smiles and

Tears of joy, I run to You,

My life’s safe haven.

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36

Soft night falls, a sweep

Of birds wing to home, on the

Last glimmer of light.

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37

The ground still speaks of

The dance of your tennis play

And the crash of weights.

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38

It still echoes your

Meditation steps and your

Peace music prayers.

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39

Our Aspiration-

Ground holds safe, both the sounds and

Silence of your Life.

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40

We are called by the

Beauty vast of a new dawn

From a world within.

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41

O Sovereign of Light,

O world Saviour, in your hands

Our destinies lie.

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42

I try, to please you,

I cry, to serve you, I would

Die, for just one smile.

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43

We remain silent

In the hope that God will speak.

But will we listen?

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44

The world rushes by,

And we — who were once your age —

Now spin in its wake.

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45

With thrills and spills, with

Gasps and cheers, the circus has

Arrived in town!

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46

A heart such as yours

Came into existence from

God’s own precious Dream.

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47

O my mind, do not

Prevent me from entering

My own heart garden.

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48

At the shrine of your

Heart temple, I pray each day

With you and, for you.

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49

We are eternal

Pilgrims of the heart in search

Of the immortal.

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50

You spoke to the gods

Yet you walked among us with

Your fathomless Grace.

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51

I am sure I have

Passed this way before, only

The season has changed.

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52

Winter — a glass-topped

Pond, keeps its secrets hidden

In a silent world.

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53

Spring — a wonder burst

Of newness, a splash of joy,

On butterfly wings.

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54

Summer — the play of

Life, of colour in full flight,

And long gentle nights.

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55

Fall — the autumnal

Tumble of leaves, in the sweep

Of life’s retreat.

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56

It is a story,

Long told by mendicants, of

Life in the searching.

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57

My heart was at peace

As I woke to see your smile

Of benevolence.

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58

Sunrise and sunset,

And each phase of the moon has

Something to teach us.

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59

Just as we reach for

Perfection, our perfection

Is reaching for us.

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60

Sneakily, problems

Disguise themselves as mantras

To steal our mind’s poise.

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61

Each atom of faith

Builds a temple of love, in

Humanity’s heart.

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62

Chosen by our souls,

Is the path once trodden by

Saints and sages.

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63

Only God could have

Created such a special

Life as yours.

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64

Your precious heart-touch

Is in all that you are, and

In all that you do.

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65

Annam Brahma — Home

Of God’s sacred, self-giving,

Universal Heart.

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66

You receive God’s gifts

With both hands, and with your heart

You feed the world soul.

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67

I place at Your feet,

My heart-flower gifts, at each

Forever moment.

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68

The parade of drums,

Trumpets and song proclaims your

Victory divine.

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69

Heaven once called you

The king of the track, whose feet

Barely touched the ground.

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70

Again, we pause, we

Wait to hear the elusive

Near, yet distant call.

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71

In the weave of life’s

Bright tapestry — no more threads

Of bleak tomorrows.

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72

From the tower of

Self importance, we deign to

Give the world advice.

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73

Music of the soul,

Awakens our inner voice

To sing our God-songs.

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74

To the ends of the

Earth we go in search of rare

Untrammelled beauty.

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75

At the edge of time

Where poems composed of Light

Charm the silent rim.

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76

Creation dons the

Subtle form, of its endless

Possibilities.

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77

We will retain our

Age-long faith in the dream of

World liberation.

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78

To walk among the

Ancient forests, each step to

Breathe in nature’s calm.

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79

God composed songs of

JOY,  not for just one voice to

Sing but, for many.

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80

I hold your heart close

Within — and within each breath

I feel your heart smile.

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81

You are with us, at

Each unknowable step, to

Guide and protect us.

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82

On your way to earth

You brought with you the sparkle

Of Heaven’s newness.

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83

O my supporter

Unseen, to your promise life

Always, I will bow.

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84

Deep within our hearts

All divisions dissolve, in

Pure tranquillity.

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85

You have given our

Separate lives the shelter

Of your oneness home.

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86

O, how the clear, wide

Skies of morning lift our hearts

And renew our dreams.

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87

Your Heaven-free songs

Bend with welcome hands to lift

Our earth-bound discord.

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88

You still speak in the

Same familiar voice I first

Heard so long ago.

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89

The mountain mist draws

Me to silence, and my heart

Is winging the heights.

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90

In the darkest storm,

When all seems lost, your light guides

Our lifeboat ashore.

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91

You hold each smile of

The world soul, deep within your 

Heart of boundless bliss.

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92

O wandering star

I follow your elusive

Path across the night.

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93

You pass the realms of

Cosmic gods as you straddle

The constellations.

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94

You shower earth with

Your heaven-blessed light, then all

In an instant — gone!

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95

Long after the end

Of time, I will continue

To love and serve you.

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96

You have flooded my

Entire being with your

Heart’s perfection dream.

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97

Let me not forget

You for a single moment,

O Light of my life.

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98

Where, but in the depths

Of my heart, could I worship

Your eternal smile.

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99

Throughout the ages

I have searched heaven and earth

For one glimpse of you.

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100

The mere thought of your

Presence, eclipses all forms

Of comparison.

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