In Search Of You Poem by lalitha iyer

All of us
in search of you
some in wine
some in dine
music is my relief
dancing is your life
she lives in swims
he lives in books
yet all of us
in search of you
we pray
though astray
we pray in tongues
new and alien
in altars
of shapes anew
we kneel
sob and shriek
in fear and hope
in shame and anguish
yet, we all mutter
in languages different
that we may be salvaged
from this world
full of coloured
where truth is deep
yet, to find is a life sweep
we all walk
side by side
destinations final
we ache for one goal
yet the terrorist
and the wounded
all take different weapons
and pray for holy land
we all*-the learned and the pupil
the master and the student
all at different stages
at different level of truth
different wisdom zones
tuned to a different cosmic velocity
half knew that we all are
on the same path.