The Unique Resort Poem by Amrit Rathi
The Unique Resort
In the lap of nature’s breathless beauty,
on the foothills of the mountain’s snow crest,
surrounded by the stretch of lush green forest,
like a gateway to heaven,
is The Unique Resort
on the bank of
the Silvery River, Gang-Hort.
And you won’t believe that it is absolutely free.
Your stay here—an extravaganza of a dream, eternity,
with the latest and best amenities that can be.
Still, not many travelers dare to come and try.
Do you know why?
Well, you need to keep these clothes of yours
just outside its stately gate,
and you must go inside absolutely naked!
“A peculiar condition, ” you'd say,
Yes. That it is.
Do you want to stay?
Enter the gate like an innocent child,
leaving the baggage of your soiled clothes behind.
“But how can I leave this longtime friend,
my stained dress, outside? ” you’d contend,
“Stitched with the colorful fabric of my memories,
and with the linings of the hopes and fears hand in hand?
My dress contains all that I’ve acquired-
O how can I leave it just like that!
I don’t think such extreme step is required.
And in my big pockets many a things I carry:
the teachings I’ve jotted down and obeyed
what my parents, school, church, and others have said,
even the details of my bank account,
property papers and toys,
like cars and the house—all that you can count.
Though I’ve lost my freedom because of this dress
but it’s also true, without this I would be like the dead.
Although the dress's heavy,
and I’ve been carrying it like a slave,
I am puzzled for my freedom
such a heavy price I ought to pay? ”
And I would explain to the travelers like you,
“Since you'd keep this baggage out at the gate,
and go in as a child with countless possibilities,
blooming like a flower, trying to stand straight,
freedom’s never free, it’s a will to take responsibilities.
Moreover, our resort has got one unheard of facility:
when you enter, a wonderful thing will happen:
your mind and heart will instantly become transparent.
Everyone can see what's going on
in others’ minds and hearts,
your communication at a much deeper level will start,
and you'll understand others, and appreciate;
love and compassion will be your soul mate.
Free from the loads of conditioned self,
enveloped in a new and real freedom,
your awareness will be dancing
on the silent beats of a drum!
Break away from the stale
life you were living like a puppet;
a quantum leap awaits your will,
in our Resort, you see, all is set!
Like an eagle you can fly across the sky,
or experience the caterpillar-to-butterfly change,
or like a flower you will bloom with beauty,
free from your limited range.
How high can you fly or shine in this fashion
depends upon your unlimited imagination.
You will be love, a servant, the growth,
a dynamic solution,
it’ll a big step
in the direction of human evolution! ”
Let me tell you,
“When you come out and return home from here,
you will go as you are, naked into the world,
without a bother to take back your soiled dress,
as the world will look at your face, at your radiance,
and that resonance of mind and heart!
Your love and service will rock and reverberate;
a dream of human freedom will start! ”
I would again tell you to visit our unique Resort,
I bet nowhere else provides an experience of this sort.
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Celestial Abode …an offbeat poem…but reality is poetically possible… Well what happens after final exit…indeed an enigma and riddle…? But it reminds me some races who are far from civilization…as found in Andaban Island…and other parts of world …who live like that… But your fantasy poetry added many colors of spectrum and all possible flairs of beyond imaginations...wow! If I were in such a land…great psychic catharsis from my civilized chain… Where we’re protocol oriented and etiquette buff …we’re tired of and fagged out lolol Thanks for taking us such to a fairy land…and helping in our buoyancy unlimited 10/10 Ms. Nivedita UK
As I read your poem you pulled me right into the Unique Resort and I had a great visit. A very powerful write with many intriguing moments. I liked the read very much and thanks for the invite. Lynn
This is a story beyond imagination, could be considered as poetry due to deep thinking, creative in any way. But I would rather say this is a kind of conversation with persuasion as if an ad enticing the reader to join the author in a fantasy island. In general term this is a conversational poetry. Unique indeed.
i agree to all the positive comments here... i liked reading it mostly because now we are going in a resort and celebrate a birthday party there of my cousin... wow, very timely!
the contrast between life and death is a balance between beauty and ugliness...yes we are like the strangers looking for paradise and rest but as soon the breath taking garden is before us we cannot face its condition because we feel insecurities and uneassiness...i like it. ...the child of flesh to his mother spirit....
you started from a place of comfort; contending with a beautiful metaphor; your language is credible and encouraging; a poem i can read again and again
Very interesting and different. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for the read.
This poem speaks on a couple levels or more from many points of view. We're born naked/free but by 5 or 6 years olds we're fully dressed in our society's garmentsAmrit. a 10+++: beliefs, values, and attitudes...prejudices, hates, racism and other 'isms'. Where is the 'Unique Resort'? I'd say, each one has to create it within your naked being and all will be made whole. A profound poem and 10+++
Is is heaven like Resort in real....... Its really beautiful. How much high you can fly, or shine in this fashion, It depend upon you.......unlimited imagination. I loved it...........
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I like the ninth stanza: Moreover, our resort has got, one unheard of facility That is when you enter a wonderful thing will happen, Your mind and heart will instantly become transparent. Everyone can see what's going on In others mind and heart, Your communication at a much deeper level will start, And you'll understand others, ‘n appreciate. Love, compassion will be your soul mate, Free from the loads of conditioned self, Enveloped in a new and real freedom, Your awareness dancing On the silent beats of a drum. I think it's a bit difficult to leave something behind when you had lived with it for so long even when others say it's just a dress or a car or a house, but for you is something more than 'It's just' and afterwards you'll have to learn to let go. Something that we always do. Hugs and kisses. xoxo. B.B.