O My God! But why?
You gave me wings to fly
Yet they clip them
You gave me fins to swim
across the ocean of grief
Yet they tie them
You gave me thoughts to soar
to imagine thy picture and
thy worldly world
Yet they put lid on them
You gave me emotions to love
all you made beautiful
all you made ugly
and all you made to laugh at me
Yet they hamper them
You gave me feet to walk freely
on the path of wisdom
on the road to realisation
on the path truthfulness
on the path of righteousness
Yet they chain them
You gave me arms to embrace thy creatures
of all hues, red or violet
big and small
amoeba or whale
algae and moss growing on stones
and banyan with long aerial roots holding the ground
Yet them twist them
You gave me springs within to flow ceaselessly
cleansing my ignorance
passing through my consciousness
towards thy door
searching the nectar of immortality
Yet they obstruct them
You gave me fingers to feel thy presence
my sufferings
and joy of others
Yet they break them
You gave me eyes to see the cosmos,
the stars, sun, moon,galaxy,
long trees, herbs,shrubs,cactus,
sea and its weeds, corals,
conch shells to blow them before you in prayers
the blooming flowers,the green leaves to garland you in reverence
and sky spreading its sheet over mother earth till horizon
Yet they blindfold them.
O My God!
But why ?
(C) Ramkishore Upadhyay
You gave me emotions to love
all you made beautiful
all you made ugly
and all you made to laugh at me
Yet they hamper them
You gave me feet to walk freely
on the path of wisdom
on the road to realisation
on the path truthfulness
on the path of righteousness
Yet they chain them
You gave me arms to embrace thy creatures
of all hues, red or violet
big and small
amoeba or whale
algae and moss growing on stones
and banyan with long aerial roots holding the ground
Yet them twist them
You gave me springs within to flow ceaselessly
cleansing my ignorance
passing through my consciousness
towards thy door
searching the nectar of immortality
Yet they obstruct them
You gave me fingers to feel thy presence
my sufferings
and joy of others
Yet they break them
You gave me eyes to see the cosmos,
the stars, sun, moon,galaxy,
long trees, herbs,shrubs,cactus,
sea and its weeds, corals,
conch shells to blow them before you in prayers
the blooming flowers,the green leaves to garland you in reverence
and sky spreading its sheet over mother earth till horizon
Yet they blindfold them.
O My God!
But why ?
(C) Ramkishore Upadhyay
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