Final Convergence Poem by RAJ NANDY

FINAL CONVERGENCE

In trying to reach the place where both
earth and sky meet,
I had encircled the globe twice over,
With my mission incomplete!
In trying to reach the oasis to quench
my growing thirst,
I found that I had been persuing only an
illusory mirage!
And when I set out to find that spot -
Where both the rail tracks appeared to
have converged,
The more I travelled ahead, more those
tracks diverged!
Thus Divergence appeared to be the only
prevailing thing,
And Convergence was just like an unrealised
dream!

Then finally one day I set out in earnst,
To seek the Lord, and to be blessed;
And travelled through many divergent
paths, with very little rest!
Offered my sincere prayers at the Church,
the Temple, the Mosque and the Synagogue;
Performing many penance and even getting
myself flogged!
Till I realised that all divergent paths did
finally converge,
Into that Divine One, they all did submerge!
So let us forget all our petty bickering, -
For in Him we move, live, and have our
entire being!

-Raj Nandy
30 Apr08
New Delhi