Supreme Joy Poem by Praveen Kumar In Shobha Priya

Several steps I climbed, some more to climb
Along the course of the timeless time,
Doors are open to lead in blind blinkers
Through the jigsaw-paths of the dreary future;
Deadly vipers and beasts infest the wilderness,
Thorns tear, creepers shear the resigned sojourn,
Heart bleeds, soul weeps while limbs labour
While mind gropes for the refuge of light;
Weather is stormy, grimy, darkness everywhere,
Where lightening breaks like seld windfalls.

Esurient eyes stare at the wrap of the blankness,
For the rare flashes of the momentary profulgence
That dissolves to far dreams as soon as it comes;
Eyes are tired, for, very dark is this night,
No streaks of light, anywhere on the horizons
And gloom frosts in mind and heart and soul;
I know not where I go upward or downward,
Or go round and round in unending roundures
For the motion's sake in savage blinkers
Till the heart sears and the soul withers.

More I climb, less I see my root,
Less calm, less warm, less peaceful I become,
Less contentment with the past and life;
Grit glissades, grip loosens with the thickening night
And vultures in the sky hover for prey;
What bolts may fall from what part of the world,
What shocks are in store while I breakout from the smoke,
How long to climb, for what ultimate goal,
The eyes miss in the maelstrom of the survival's flight
And I disclimb while climb, to the despair's pit.

All is not lost yet, in the cool and still night,
Stars aplenty sparkle as specks in heaven;
Each is a distant dream, a new world to be won
If sight is right and heart is of right zeal;
They follow me, they guide all along the path,
They sprinkle bright lights on the frozen dark night;
I raise tired eyes from the womb of dark hell
And search each twinkle with an unknown hope;
Lo, a thousand suns flash from each of the star,
A flood of supreme joy dissolves me to life.