The Rainbow Poem by Amrit Rathi

Leaning over the earth
from the windows of my heart,
I looked at the sky,
the sky mysterious and vast,
the sky of Love.

Sometime like the clouds,
like lightening, like the rains,
all sort of confusion I found
in what the poets said
of the sky: the love around.

One poet said,
'You think it is to be so crazy
that you’re unmindful of your chains,
or to be so intoxicated
that it’s the light-headedness plain!
Or to be so innocent and attractive
that the world gathers around you!
Or you reach so deep,
like a teacher, a head, or a leader leap!
But you still don’t belong to this sky of love;
your ego, as your presence still speak of.
For love you ought to be a servant,
A servant to all,
and heaven will fall
at your feet; an right then
you will become for everyone
the sun of light.'

Another said:
From a sweet red rose on the spiky thorns,
the lotus flower into the murky water,
how their beauty and grace are born
on unlikely support, tough and alone!

Like these flowers,
love endures through all,
like a tide it would spring after every fall.
It's worth the pain, the legitimate pain;
it is better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all.
All this the lover takes in stride,
and from tears, too, great satisfaction derive.

Be a part of this world and always believe,
your love is ultimately what you give.'

So the essence is same!
I look at the sky again,
through the windows of my heart
at a distance when
the sky had cleared;
and everything looked calm
for me to clearly see
the various colors of the sky,
as the rainbow of love
revealed to me

So I too sang,
'Love is truth. Love is trust.
Love is open but it is not lust,
not just feelings,
but the effort for your beloved's good
to do anything as you are willing.
The outward beauty always fades;
it's beautiful heart that timelessly treads.'

The world goes around,
can you hear me?
Just outside the windows of your heart,
the rainbow of love could you see?

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