My View - an Illusion

My View - an Illusion

Standing high on the peak

I looked down with a smirk

Being proud of myself

Bearing the burden of life itself

            Feeling contented,

            Getting frustrated,

            Being distressed ?

            Thinking enlightened!

I heard myself laughing loud

While looking down on the crowd

Struggling hard to top the peak

Charmed by the mystique!

I looked around to see

Alas! Found myself in a valley

Surmounted by many a peak

Oh! They all are in the same seek

Struggling hard to top the peak!

        Then I knew

        That a few

        Reach a hue

        An illusion, my view.

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A Mirage

        A MIRAGE

Were I in a dream?

A dream I wished to come true

No, it didn't happen so!

It was all my misled illusions!

My torch so truthfully

Twinkles from the heavens!

Let its light lead the path of the new!

For, my torch,my beloved's gift, hasn't lost its strength!

Though invisible it still shines from the heavens !

I was trapped in a maze, a maze of illusions

My vision was blurred because of my agony

Caused by the loss of my dear torch

I was misled by the sudden gleam of light

That I mistook, came from the heavens.

Alas! it was not there! Just it was a mirage!

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A hopeful lament

I have lost my torch!

My torch that guided me well

That knew my treads well

My torch was handsome, light

And shone enough bright light

It was gifted by my Love,

I took it with careful vow

It grew as a part of my being

Knowing  every pulse of my being.

       

But alas! I’ve lost my torch,

That guided me well, gifted by my love.

Suddenly I saw a bright light

Shone by my right

I was in search of my fond possession

That guided me well, gifted by my love

I thought I got it back; I found myself excited!   

I thought ‘GOD IS GREAT’! I gained my lost faith.

But?

My torch was younger, more handsome

With full of zest to light so bright

Did I see only the light?

Mistook it for my lost possession?

For, this!

Just spreads its light so bright

Guiding whoever stands by

Bringing smile on faces nearby

Shining with its bright light

Now I wish,

Let this light be always around

Let this torch be shining around

Let it shower its bright light around

The torch that reminds me my lost gift!

By Rathy Ramachandran

14-4-2015