Self-Worship
Decking the
God in jewels
Fine-looking
attire for the Goddess
Every ornament
to embellish
This beauty
has no parallel on earth
Nor shall
anyone ever grow
With the aura
as possessed by her
At the temple,
the serene ambience
Thrown on each
child of Lord
Sense of
calmness lies on every head
Experiencing
presence of God beside me
In white
golden robes, resides there
A glow that no
one can ignore
“You came with
many problems in hand
Child, speak
out the troubles that worry”
When asked,
the head instigated my throat
To speak out
what lies in heart
So in flow the
worries flee
“Poverty,
corruption, illiteracy
This nation is
enclosed by whammy of evils
It hurts when
compared with developed nations
Why my nation
cannot match them?
The news still
flashing
Sounding hard
on the ruling ears
The stark
reality all the more bitter
We have the
human resources
But there
seems no end to all this
When stepped
at the airport from United States
I had expected
things to change
Many years of
orbit of sun done
But failed to
enhance the quality of fabric
The social
fabric of my nation
Is there any
tonic to cure this?
Do you have an
answer, Lord to all this?”
“Every word of
yours pricks me
As every human
being was my creation
As every child
is dear to me
Every daughter
and son has the might
Every child
was launched on earth
As the replica
of an Angel
In the dust of
earth where did that vanish?
Dogmatic
attitude in dynamic space
Abandoning the
outdated faiths
Every young
hand reflects the force
To worship
humanity
A leader who
would not ornament self
And drain the
Government’s treasury
Provide life
to a billion populations
When nation
struggles for food
Shall not
throw birthday parties
Or command to
build own statues
Without
entertaining some section
Shall have
vision in mind for nation
As child takes
birth with innocence
Have no
conspiracies and worries
No hatred and
no jealousy
If nourished
the mind with right
Through life
never tempt to do wrong
My nation
needs that hand
On
contemplating shall not ornament
Oneself with
gold at the cost of lives
Self-worship
shall lay feet on many lives
The light
vanished in front of the eyes
But mind
ingrained with everlasting light
Has the vision
in mind to serve
Has to
sacrifice pleasures
To abstain
from self-worship was the answer
written in 2008