772. In Search Of You! 140909 Poem by Raman Savithiri

772. In Search Of You! 140909

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From the day I was born
In a search I have been

I searched You in mother’s bosom
As she took to her lap like a blossom
In toys and plays when I grew
And in nature green, in sky blue!

I searched You in butterfly’s flutter
In summer rains, lightening and thunder
And in endless horizon expanding ever
And in falls, thrilling myself under shower

I searched You in flowers bright
In twilight walk and in moon lit night
In sweetheart’s hand and in his might
Below blinking stars near mountains height

I searched You in extending heart to poor
Taking others’ pains that are within my power
And also in being selfish to quench senses five
Under the tyranny of ego within eternally alive!

I searched You in making money
In mating, in begetting progeny
In expanding I into grand-children too
In endless trials to get glimpse of You!

I searched You in accumulating abundant wealth
In gathering knowledge universe beneath
In orators tongue and in feelings of poets
In discussions, debates and in arguments

I searched You in conquering others by words
To puff ‘I’, in getting applause from the world
To be in society’s mind, in finding social status
In the sympathy of Goddess Laxmi on red lotus

I searched You in sublime arts - music and dance
In paintings those which will take me to trance
In teaching facts to little students full of bliss
In writing poems pleading Goddess Vaani’s grace

I searched You in exploring lovely landscapes
In traveling alone bestowed with narrow escapes
From dangers of society and technical accidents
In the protection of Devi Durga’s invisible trident!

I searched You in waves of surging seas
In rivers’ currents and in Himalayan peaks
In sand beds of desert and in Manasoravar Lake
In my vista to gulp endless universe as an intake!

I searched You in Temples in grand India
In devotional songs of countless devotees
In the faces of great sages emerging from India
In the presence of living Gurus full of parities!

As I now realize the search should go inward
I search You turning my journey inward
Ego stands on the way with forms awkward
Mind by habit drags me always outward

As I now realize You are buried alive
Under my thick mind with ego’s drive
I try to release You by digging thoughts
I attempt to untie, tough self-image knots

I know not if I am making the situation worst
Helpless to redeem You from my own crust
The longing to meet You now make me burst
Into tears that flow down to drench my chest

The trials I make daily bear fruit or not?
Yoga to unite with You will help or not?
Painful tears will change into blissful or not?
Tearing my ego is within Your power or not?

I search You now within intervals of breath
Take even my breath but make this life worth
By showing Your graceful face at least once
Dissolve me into You to die in eternal silence

Oh! Eternal TRUTH! Unveil Yourself unto me
Oh! Endless BLISS! Stay undyingly with me
Oh! Lasting LOVE be compassionate unto me
To let go my karmas merging me into YOU! - 140909

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Raman Savithiri

Raman Savithiri

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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