Shackled By Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Is it true?

I am shackled by
The charming beauty
Of my wife,
By her solitary embraces,
By talks of so-called love,
By the sweet words of children?

Is it not true?

I have not yet forgotten
My real identity.
I am eternal as before,
And they, who are with me
Are also eternal,
I am telling them always.

Of course, it is true,
We are not in true love.
We are here, in this
Material world, and
We are interested in
Sense gratification.

Here, I find,
False love, false life.
But here, I am trying to
Enter into real life,
With wife and children
And trying to keep
Relation with the truth,
And trying to light the lamp.