Providence

Well this really is one of my epic poems.. so to speak.. its a reminder of the times when i used to churn them out daily... and each one used to be almost as long as this one... Well lets hope this proves up to the expectations...

Providence
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Everyday, I see people walking on the street,
absorbed in themselves, with none to greet.
And I muse to myself, who might reside in their hearts,
and who do they think of, their day when they start.

The answers I find within myself for I am,
naught but one of them, although a different man.
For in my heart I see a face of naught but one,
the face that I turn to, in shade or in the sun.

The face you may think, is the one whom I love,
for you are right my friend, its my solitary cove.
But thy assumptions may take a hit from here on,
for my beloved, my dear has no shape or form.

Courted her I have, since times ancient more,
when I ravaged and mauled, many a more treasure troves.
but I found her in my heart, and then I looked no more,
in my surroundings for her divine and blessed shores.

But my story for now, we will put to the side,
as we get back to the man, who prefers to be snide,
as he hears me speak about the God so great,
so for the time let me now set the record straight.

You may believe in Him or you may turn aside,
and you may ignore Him, when chance unites you one time.
But cognize this, that but for Him, your life has no port,
to dock its rocking boat, there is no stronger a fort.

You may be a shade better and see Him in a form,
besides which you know naught, about Him in other genre,
You may also read the texts that speak of His deeds,
when once He walked the earth to cater for thy needs.


Still you may go out a limb, and curse all who differ,
all those who worship an other form, you see bitter.
An I say to thee that His mercy on you was lost,
for you still prefer to live in duality at great cost.

Cognize this now, that there is no different One,
Jesus and Krishna are both images of the same sun.
So worship Him for what He is and that’s naught but all,
and in time you shall get His worthy mating call.

And now to those who think, how can they pray,
how can they attain his divine grace on their way,
For their daily lives, they life through a deathly strife,
and how can they be at peace, on the edge of a knife.

And I Say to thee, that the answer is not far,
for keep Him ever in you heart, endlessly as you spar.
And that alone shall get you across till the end,
for His grace on you shall shower, when in reverence you bend.

And then you may ask, why he tests us all,
why does he make us take fall upon fall.
And I say to thee that its but a test of your will,
as he prefers that your ego not straddle you still.

For your ego is the one, the greatest of all,
the reason it shall be for your rise and fall,
your fall, because your ego cares for not but itself,
and your rise when it cognizes that there never was a self.

There never was a duality existing beforehand,
and you yourself create it, when proudly you stand,
for even when you worship, you are devoted entirely not,
for the worshiper and the worshiped still stand at different spots.


I say not to thee, that thou art the Great One yet,
but come one day you shall know, the truth greatest
That there exist in this dream naught but a single truth,
when the dreams end for you, and your soul bears fruit.

For there is none that fills the void, but the great One,
for a void in this world there exists none,
save for your heart, where the ego still reigns,
and save for your mind, whom the duality ever maims.

So today I say to thee, give Him a chance,
as I invite you to open your hearts and drop the ego's lance.
for all your sorrows, you shall find deliverance
For In Him we shall find peace and eternal providence.

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Ajinkya Mate