by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 2
1
What unseen forces
Hold the universe in play,
Just for delight!
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2
ver so briefly,
We touch earth for a moment
As we sprint through time.
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3
How beauty exists
Is an endless mystery.
Yet, by Grace it does.
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4
Life’s symphonies, where?
Where, O Master Musician?
At Your command, Now!
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5
O Eternal dream,
I live in Heaven because
You created it.
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6
O compassion-rain,
I follow your streams from the
Mountains to the sea.
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7
The wash of sunlight
Across a field of flowers,
Your gentle smile calls.
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In the darkest night,
The moon casts its guiding glow
To light my way home.
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9
Your perfect vision
Spanned the unhorizoned vast
Before time began.
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10
The arrow of time
Is released from the bow of
The Master archer!
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11
Each moment takes us
On a journey through the lands
Of past and future.
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12
When an offshore breeze
Fills my sails with hope — your heart
Spirits me to you.
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13
If we can find it,
Our peace hides between each gap
Of silence in sound.
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14
When pride walks on stage
In an empty theatre,
It expects applause.
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15
There is no distance
Between your soul’s height and depth,
Just infinities.
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16
At the end of day,
You lay your worried head down
To dream of Heaven.
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17
O life transformer
Do come with your lightning speed
To shake our minds.
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18
In a crowd of thoughts,
You brush by in an instant —
Mind liberator!
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19
Like stepping into
A new world, we enter into
The dawn of oneness.
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20
You can see why they
Built their pagodas so high,
As devotion steps.
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21
Words from ancient times
Call across the centuries
To our present hearts.
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22
Who are those who say
It cannot be done — just look,
Here, the proof exists!
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23
Why do we still cling
To the mind’s ephemera
In a storm-tossed world?
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24
God will never let
Our divine dreams disappear
Or our heart hopes fade.
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25
If I spend my day
In silent worship, then how
Can I speak of You?
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26
Each gratitude-breath
Slips between the silent gaps
In conversation.
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27
From where do they come,
These subtle joys of the heart?
From your smile no less.
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28
O Charioteer!
The full span of history,
Proclaims your glory.
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29
I gather flowers
And arrange them into verse.
Poems — just for you.
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30
A special blessing
Has come in the hallowed form
Of your fountain-art.
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31
I wait for your birds
To return in their millions.
O artist Supreme.
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32
Sweet frangipani —
Each day you collect them still,
To place on my shrine.
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33
We give and we take
Within the endless exchange
Of eternal play.
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34
For those who are here;
For those who are yet to come,
Signal blessings await.
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35
Your devotion-life’s
Service leaves me breathless in
Your divine presence.
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36
I worship my Lord
At the living shrine within,
That He created.
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37
Our innocence is
In essence, the quintessence
Of our inner sense.
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38
Each inspiration
Breath of yours lifts my heart
Closer to heaven.
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39
There are living saints
In places unexpected,
If we care to look.
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40
We pay attention
To everything around us.
Yet, we lose ourselves.
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41
With my head bowed, and
Hands in prayer, I chant your name.
Then, again, I pray.
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42
When Yudhishthira
Cast the dice and lost the throne.
The gods sealed his fate.
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43
Does your heart tell you,
I am only a moment’s
Turn and smile away?
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44
How to describe you
In a word — impossible!
No such word exists.
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45
In secret you lift
The weight of my life’s travails.
Now, I walk lighter.
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46
In one thousand years,
If I dream and write — nothing
Would compare with you.
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47
There is a moment
For everyone in this world,
When God is ready.
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48
Nothing turns easily
Against the incoming tide
Of world opinion.
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49
The poems I write —
My heart’s adoration-gifts —
Each one, a prayer.
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50
I walk the secret
Stretch of sands to gaze upon
Wondrous oceans vast.
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51
Each flower has a
God-appointed task, to bring
JOY into the world.
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52
Pray, meditate, pray —
Then, we’re are not alone in our
Decision to act.
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53
The humility
Of pure devotion can bring
Power to its knees.
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54
May I enquire
If I can be of some help?
Looks like rain coming!
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55
As the moon and earth
Glide effortlessly through space,
We hold together.
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56
Do let me hear the
Sound of your heart’s melodies
Again and again.
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57
Those who demand, try
But they will never capture
Our soul’s attention.
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58
We may be hopeless
And we may well be hapless.
But still, we can serve.
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59
We may be blessed
And we may have good fortune.
But still, we should serve.
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60
To serve is a gift,
A privilege from Heaven
Granted to our lives.
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61
Our lives together
Are bound — pages in a book
That tell one story.
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62
At dawn and at night
I see your face before me
And I am at peace.
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63
You are so near, yet
You are a world away — still,
Your smile I believe.
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64
When you came last time
You forgot to take with you
Your Heaven-blessed smile.
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65
Let no one tell you,
You are anything other
Than a life divine.
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66
Did you ever think
Of a time when all your dreams
Would come true? God knows.
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67
To watch a snowflake
Fall and sweep and drift to earth —
A touch from Heaven.
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68
Like the knights of old
I am sworn to protect you
And your regal throne.
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69
You light up the world
With your illumining smile.
Why then, do you cry?
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70
The soft glow of dawn
Wakes the gentle heart from sleep,
To live in beauty.
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When I think of you
The pain of the day dissolves
Like tears in water.
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You inspire me
Endlessly to dream of worlds
Beyond the mind’s hold.
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O world conqueror,
You have captured our hearts with
The Light of your Soul.
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74
There never has been,
And, nor will there ever be
A God-heart like yours.
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75
Our divine friendship
Will sail on across oceans
Of eternal light.
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Our problems are not
Ours to solve, but God’s problems
For Him to dissolve.
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77
Would you mind if I
Sent my heart-poems in silence
For you to cherish?
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78
For every poem
You read, I send one hundred
More, to your heart-home.
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79
When we doubt ourselves,
God sends a sparkle of light
Just to remind us.
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Our minds cannot know
The depths of our hearts’ knowledge
By reason alone.
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81
When our Lord calls us,
Do we wait at the bus stop?
Or instantly run!
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82
Does it surprise you?
I just had a brilliant thought.
And then, it was gone!
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83
No outer beauty
Can ever compare to your
Silence beauty life.
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84
Your Grace beckons me
To the warm hold of your heart.
There, I find comfort.
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85
There is something in
The fragile beauty of prayer
That will never break.
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86
The soft and sweet songs
That dawn brings with it each day
Are composed by You.
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87
How opinions change
With the ebb and flow of time.
Like corks in a stream.
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88
There is a tightrope
Stretched between life and death that
God alone can walk.
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89
One blessingful act,
One divine touch from your Soul,
Has transformed my life.
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90
Every season has
Its own magical axis
On which our lives turn.
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91
In my heart, there is
A carnival of delight.
Entry fee — a smile.
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92
My English manners
Tell me to offer my hand
Amidst the chaos.
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93
There is nothing more
Enchanting than the lilt of
Your heart song’s cadence.
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94
Your tolerance is
The revelation of God’s
Infinite patience.
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95
Furled within our hearts
Our Lord’s Victory banner
Awaits His Command.
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96
In ancient ruins
Bells still toll and pilgrims kneel,
In prayer for Thee.
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Amid the forest deep,
In the cooling glades of calm,
I seek and find you.
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98
My time on this earth,
Is not over until, I
Please my Lord Supreme.
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99
The true challenge-goal:
To please my Lord Supreme, my
Beloved Supreme.
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100
With humility
I return to you these poems
On loan from your heart.
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