The Charioteer Poem by Kojo Owusu

Across the churning vortex of time comes the mystic voyager
Driven by fiery horses the charioteer of transcendence traverses the crypts
Of illusions –

Across the churning vortex of time the charioteer advents himself
To dissipate the mist of mirage whirling the soul in epochs and millennia
Of desuetude

Across the churning vortex of time the charioteer in resplendent majesty
Bearing the armory of war and blowing in decisive frenzy the conch shells
Of death – the chastiser of the material leanings

The warriors of old would gather at the battlefield
And heroes and gods would descend for the final apotheosis
Of the eternal godhead – the plenary expansion of the munificent form
And the battle of kurekestra would be reenacted

Rapt in solemn ascetic vows undreamt of
The assemblage of the sages on the watery depth of the sacred Ganges
In solitary bliss paeans of the goddess to lave the eternal servitors
The denizens of above are poised – sacrifices of devotees
In munificent grandeur the sages

Recount in awe inspiring majesty reminiscent of ancient times
The heroics deeds of valiant men of bygone ages
And in ecstatic fevered delirium
Chant the holy mantras
And like the mystic river undulating in the heart of proselytes
The pearls of the bhagavad Gita gleaned from the Mahabharata
Incarnate – in sublime condescension to liberate the closed contortion
Burdened in labyrinths of doubts

The golden charioteer would reincarnate like he did in the battle of kurekestra
When Ajurna was lost in the crypt of quandary
Driven by his fiery chariots of triumph of transcendence
He will reincarnate to clear the paths of illusions

The charioteer of transcendence would traverse the age of kali
Of doubts and uncertainties to combat the demented fears that gather on the crossroads’ of indecisiveness to lure into destruction the wavering mind