Learning Poem by VIJAY KUMAR ROY

Learning engenders an innovative spirit
And directs us to swallow and digest
The great epics and the World's Classics
To see the world through the eyes
Of spiritual masters both ancient and modern.

Its devotion delves us deep
Into the realm of Delight
Where few get chance
To enter and behold the One
Whose arms are open
And lap invites
To sit and drink
The milk of all mystery
That ancient Indian ascetics
Experienced after hundreds of years of tapasya (penance) !

(Cite: Roy, Vijay Kumar. 'Learning.' Realm of Beauty and Truth: A Collection of Poems. Authorspress,2016, p.21.)