Longings

Wandering among the clouds 

O! My love do you look down 

To earth with a fondness?

Do you feel a longing for life,

For it’s rich tapestry of limitless shades

Available only to earth’s inhabitants?

Moving around the vast expanse of cosmic planes

Do you miss your small home?

Filled with your laughter once it was.

A place for love and joy to share.

Here we bore the burdens of living- 

Our little sanctuary of healing.

Your shadowy presence is still all around.

I suppose the open skies charm your

Wandering spirit. 

But when the darkness falls upon infinite,

And moon and stars cuddle you in icy silence,

Does your heart long for a warm earthly hug?

“Heaven’s touch fulfills but cancels not our earth.”

Savita Tyagi

May 11th 2024

Note: the quote is from Sri Aurobindo’s book Savitri.

Motherhood- Nature’s Best Gift!

A  quick flash of memory 

The pleasure of motherhood invoked!

So captivating was the bond of mother and child.

Running after me on his knees

His wobbly body passionately

Trying to reach me!

Even few seconds of my departure

And his intense effort to be with me,

His laughter and chuckle 

To see me return from other room!

All that split second flash back 

Filled me up with immense delight.

With gratitude I prayed to Supreme Mother

Don’t let me lose this love for a child

Even if s/he isn’t mine.

Savita Tyagi

1.14. 2024

Note:

Taittiriya Upanishad describes the Brahmananda (Bliss of Divine) having many forms and layers stressing that ‘This Brahaman itself is Ananda’. If the Truth of Supreme Being is Ananda, then a Child and a mother are the best personified form of that Ananda. 

‘Matra Devo bhava’- Mother is the first form of God.  

The poem above is the outcome of a morning dream impression.

Happy Mother's day to all.

May 12. 2024

 

Dream Escape

Usually I forget most of my dreams!

Sometimes though images are so strong that their impressions remain,

However small it is.

Last night’s dream was also something like that.

Couple of short beautiful images-

Under the evening sky, in Nature’s garden few mature trees full of spring flowers,

Created a tranquil Ashram like atmosphere. 

Surrounded by trees I was alone yet without any sense of being alone.

Calm and peaceful was the place under the dim light of evening sun.  

In a bowl I collected those flowers. 

Colorful, and vibrant! I remember some bright yellows!

Every petal bursting with a silent joy, lending colors to the evening

moving towards the darkness of night.  

Come to think of it, did I experience their fragrance? Not sure!

But their sight was enough to create a serenity that one experiences,

Surrounded by the beauty of nature. 

The next image was as natural as the first one!

My eyes gazing upon the two small images to make an offering of flowers.

I do not remember the images clearly but felt a sense of devotion towards them.

Their oblique and opaque structure beyond the grasp of my thoughts or words!

Savita Tyagi

March 26th 2024

Life

 

The only thing predictable about life is that is unpredictable

The only truth about life is that eventually all becomes false. 

Also true is that we must live, endure and enjoy this deception

However momentary it may be.

Walk all the steps that life grants to us

In knowledge that its concrete slab will out last us.

Hold on to each other if grounds underneath become shaky

Let go of one gracefully who is embraced

By the dark side of life called death.

Savita Tyagi

2.17. 2024

Our National Debt

 Our National debt hits 

Record 34 Trillian dollars!

Come soon could there be a time,

When unable to pay,

Our Government goes to war with it’s creditors.

Winning with the might of its sword,

Puts its feet on creditor Nation’s chest,

The tip of sword on it’s neck,

And orders the debt to be written off.

I dread to see it in my lifetime

And cringe to imagine it happening 

In our beloved children’s lifetime. 

The seeds of war are growing and growing!

Savita Tyagi

Jan 4th 2024

Note: On further research I was surprised to find that U.S. treasury is the biggest holder of National debt.