Living

I know this - surely -

As the drumming of my heart

And the dancing of my breath

That I live - and am Alive, 

in waves that run to lick my feet,

soft grass which beckons me to lie by its side,

Winds that croon with ticklish breath their multitudinal melodies,

Inky nights that yearn and reach out for me.

I live in

grains of sands that were once roaming mountains, 

Rains brimming life from blazing volcanoes, 

Alive Light that shines from Sun and equally from eyes of dragonflies. 

I am Alive in All of this

As it's All Alive in me.

a little haiku

Sea breeze & Sumi nights

Sitar strains on dancing palms 

My ancient-young heart.

आज की बात

अरुणालय का रंगीन गगन 

और सुबह मे ये ठंडी तपन, 

पारिजात बिछाए श्वेत चादर

उड़ गए सब गम के बादर 

लहरों की कुछ दबी बात

धुल गई सब अश्रु रात

नीलांबर की चंदन सांस

पूर्ण बनी सब अंगीन आस

चित्त उड़े बने पखेऊ 

दृष्टि बिंदु _ पर्वत मेरु।

Devouring Light

Be still, invisible - watch.

It's a Feast day of creation 

Giant cauldrons cook up

Light 

flooding empty aeons with sight.

Earth suckles with greedy gulps

Dancing cells in verdant green reaching up

Oceans devour light, rising to sky 

Nights leave star crumbs behind.

And I, a Light-child, grow luminous wings and soar,

Sitting still circle Cosmos million times or more

Green Star

If the Sun were not green

Would Earth be blanketed in verdant shades and sheen?

If Sun were not green

Would our sky be blue

And stain the Oceans in similar hue?

This miracle of malachite and jades,

cobalts, indigo and ultramarine shades,

pirouettes in Sama* at a dizzying pace**

In zikr on an Eternal course,

A tiny green Star - its Supreme Source.

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*Sama = Sama is a Sufi ceremony performed as part of the meditation and prayer practice dhikr/zikr. Sama means "listening", while dhikr means "remembrance". 

**30 km/s earth around sun

Aham Brahmasmi

Early this morning I wandered down to the shore, cloud clad & sunlit in gild and blue. Kites circled my crown at invisible heights. Whales sang in ocean depths at my feet & dolphins frolicked in breaking waves; giant rays glid in silent dark power in the whirlpools of my navel

Under the blanket

Sometimes

I only want to lie

Dark shroud

My only sky.

Here,

I am 

Creator, observer

Seer, doer.

Time races,

Pauses or slumbers.

Under this canopy,

Calm days, 

Stellar nights,

Rainbows

Or

Sunset glows.

On my whim

Seasons flit

Storms rage

Lightenings hit.

Rain sings

and

Dancers fly, ji

Gravity defy.

Endless darks, or

dawn breaks

Insane trips,

down memory lane

Sometimes

It's enough

That this 

dark shroud is 

My cosmic sky