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| By Bharati Ramachandran Mute voices float unheard Blurred visions swim unseen A silent, subtle, sacred light Awakens me within. | |
| Strains of magic music echo My soul leaps to dance My being perceives a harmony And clasps it in its arms. | |
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All rays of light converge within And split in myriad spectral glows I reach toward each solitary spark And waken, to know. | |
| Chiming bells herald the dawn In the clear waters, the swan Beholds its perfect, effulgent form And wonders at that image divine. | |
| By Anupama Bhattacharya Unwinding the spool of the cosmic dream Letting go, all at once Floating. floating, in an ocean of fire A joy is born. Ethereal, ephemeral visions float past Elusive, flittering, furtive; From the abysmal chasms of the sleeping memory A snake uncoils. The ocean boils with the birth pangs of Time Moments meet millennia, In the blink of an eye an eon is past Drawn, driven by a force unleashed. Did a lotus unfold to reveal Brahma Did Sheshnag unwind to create Vishnu Did Shiva's tandava set to motion The primal shape of life. Perhaps the death spasms of timeless eternity Were just a blur in the blue; When vivid, vibrant, vivacious stars Like million fireflies in the dark Shot out of the sea of nothingness. From formless void to a shaping universe Burning. burning. The salamanders now dance and play In a celebration of life. | |
| By Ananda Jyothi Don't die without telling us Where you are going, Aneeka. Blessings From the light of eternal journey From the starry travels of invisible worlds Oh friend of my soul Will you recognize me When I come? Like a song silently hummed Among the weeping willows; Like a butterfly waking flowers from sleep In the autumn wind; Leaves fall without a whisper Trees bared in penance Let's throw off the robes of the present And go to the stars Love the sky Like you love the earth. Of my flowers Fragrance of blossoms bear witness To my love and separation Strum upon the strings of my soul-lute I touch you And touch God and all things Has Isis really vanished In the Egyptian sky? |
Life Positive, December 1997 |
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