Heard about
Disembodied Angels
Warned about
Invisible Demons
My skeptic ego
Didn’t believe
In incarnations
Always sought love
Always wanted care
But in mortal form
Any time and anywhere
All I got in life
Was lonely isolation.
One thing led to another
As happens in such cases
They pushed me
To desperation
Anger, apathy, helplessness,
Showed their ugly head
Throughout
My frustration
One day, as if
Through endless prayers,
When I thought
Life’s out of gears
Something bright shimmered
Splitting up
Cumulous dark layers
Raising my expectations
I heard someone calling me
I found someone assuring me
Of love, of care, of affections
I felt ecstatic,
I laughed aloud
In spite of all contradictions
I felt like singing
I felt like dancing
I was full of joy,
Delight, mirth and elation
A fragrance wafted everywhere
I sensed love was in the air,
In answer to my devotion
There was a promise of
Things I wanted
Blessings of mantras
That I chanted
It was a gift of
Divine intervention.
The bliss,
The euphoria
Was ephemeral
Imaginary love got
A make- belief burial.
Yes the broken
Heart had pained
Eyes, too, had
Somewhat rained
But, the realization dawned
It was all part of
God’s creation
The scent doesn’t lie,
The quest doesn’t die
Memory
Of those moments
Brings smile
Along with sigh
Love lingers on with it’s
Ubiquitous delineations
Now I have come to believe
In incarnations
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India