Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A POEM BY AMIT AGARWAL ENTITLED "HUMBLE I AND HUMBLE LORD"

THIS IS THE DIVINE FACT
THAT DEATH IS TH END OF LIFE

AND ALSO THIS IS TRUE
THAT DEATH LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE

AND SO I LONG FOR THAT MOMENT
WHEN DEATH WILL COME AND KISS ME

AND THUS IT WILL BREAK SHACKLES OF LIFE
AND GIVE ME ETERNAL ECSTASY

I HAVE NO FEAR OF DEATH
LIKE MOST IGNORANT PEOPLE

INSTEAD I WELCOME DEATH
FOR ITS THE KEY TO HEAVENS

OH DEATH, (I) BESEECH YOU COME ON,
COME ON, COME ON, AN KISS ME

AND ESCORT ME TO MY LORD,
WHO WAITS FOR ME EAGERLY

HE WAITS FOR ME TO LOVE ME
AND TO SHOWER DROPS OF KINDNESS

HE WAITS FOR ME TO FREE ME
FROM THE CRUELTIES OF THIS LIFE

HE IS THE CREATOR OF ALL HEAVEN
EARTH, SUN AND ALL THAT EXISTS

HE IS MASTER OF ALL CREATIONS
AND YET IS ALSO KIND

HE IS NOT FILLED WITH UNHOLY
FEELING OF DIRTY ARROGANCE

HE LOVES ME DEARLY AND I TOO
LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY SOUL

SUCH IS OUR LOVE ETERNAL
THAT HAS NO LEAPS NO BOUNDS

SUCH IS OUR LOVE DIVINE
ITS IMMORTAL AND STRONG

MY LORD IS STRONGEST AND ALL THE MORE
HE'S HUMBLEST AT HIS HEART

ALL EXISTING THINGS MAY VANISH
YET HIS LOVE WILL NEVER PART

OH LORD, I BESEECH YOU LET MY TRUST
IN YOU SHALL NEVER FAIL

AND ALLOW IT BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER
IN BREEZE AND ALSO IN GALE