Healing Aura

The poem was originally written for http://dontgiveupworld.com/keep-your-pride/

Oh so tired of this rigmarole
How do I rest a tired soul?
What do I do to make me whole?

Yes the world’s ways upset
My perceptions to despair set
Caught in the throes of hate

The bird’s tweet becomes noise
Such non-sense, but what’s the choice?
Lord-o-mercy where is my poise?

My soul, my friend, think awhile
How is that my life I spoil?
Will I be able to bear this guile?

Shake me awake at such foolishness
It’s not me alone in this holy mess
Struggling are plenty with no harness

I get thrown this way and that
Why complain, life is indeed a bet
Take the risk, God handles the rest

Give credence to this reality
Life does not end through misery
Despair begets even more agony

Something that costs nothing
Happiness is the blessed thing
Give me more of its zing

Mother-nature looks after me
Hers are the birds and the bee
And the creatures of the sea

She drowns me in high tide
And lifts me up on one side
Teaches me to keep my pride

Crowds milling around me

Frowns and smiles too

Lots happening with me

Without me in the know

 

I make the right responses

Without really knowing

Mechanical are reactions

From a life of performing

 

And there I stand surrounded

But still in my own world

In reality I am grounded

Alone with my thoughts unfurled

 

As concealed as I can be

In a sea of familiar visages

Not one of them can see

The entity behind the mirages

 

Once in years there’s someone

Who penetrates my soul

All my wits respond to him

My subconscious feels the pull

 

Now we both are together

But in the crowd alone

Each telling his chatter

Each one the other’s clone

 

Not a word is spoken

Nor the distance we cover

Our gaze remains unbroken

Bringing us even closer

 

He is a soul mate no less

Invisible energy connects

As if I know him since ages

And he is in all my moments

 

—— Gauri Kanyalkar——–