They said - ' The kingdom of God is within you'
They said - 'Aham Brhamasmi' and 'Allahu
Akbar'.
I looked inward– I was
happy to find Him
Abiding within me, decked out in love, tolerance and harmony
And in such hues of kindness, patience and decency.
One day while I slept, priests crept in
Tore Him out of me and kept it in the
temple of doom.
Then they said – 'Now look
within you, you are empty,
You are bereft of God, sinner!'
Far away, through the swirling mist, I
glimpse the Cross
From far away, adhan of the muezzin
come drifting
From across the bridge and over the
hills,
Tolling of the bell from the temple in
the valley.
I wait, patiently, for the day
When God would break out of the box
And come running back to me.
************** Balachandran, Trivandrum, 23.12.2013
Both hilarious and pensive Balachandran...Somewhere we may have to carve,what we 'perceive' and thus 'believe'.Everything else look meaningless and misleading.
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From far away, adhan of the muezzin come drifting
From across the bridge and over the hills,
Tolling of the bell from the temple in the valley.
How romantic..! God,I have found YOU in such a poetic soul !
The synonym for 'romantic' is 'stupid'! :-D
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