Deep Inside Poem by Mohabeer Beeharry

Now and then
At dusk, as the sun
Eases down towards the colour drenched horizon
I seek the shelter of the darkening shore
And wait.

I wait for myself.
My eyes close in peace.

And in the silence,
On the sands of time
As soft as the fall of autumn leaves
Hovering to the ground,
I hear the sounds of my steps.

Little I know
How far away I was coming from:

Across areas of faded history
When this world was new
And sages round holy fires
Sang cryptic chants
That still like gentle morning breeze
Ring in my ears.

And I wonder at myself,
Who am I?
Ego or purity?
Light or darkness?

Loitering down the lanes of life
Slaves to the marauding senses
I left myself behind.
I lost sight of my immanent light.

I was deep once.
Since then, caught like a fated fly
In the web of ego
I hover
Like a lost butterfly.

I was light once.
Still I know I am not lost.
Light is never lost.
It only recedes
Temporarily hidden by the thickness of darkness.

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