Geethai
Once there was a young man
Sorrow within
Though he had not done a bad deed
Though he had not committed a sin
No hope had he
Bound in despair
In a world of ignorance
For him, there was no one to care
Sweat trickled down his neck
Below his teary face
As he questioned his existence
Within a disturbing maze
As all his fortune gone
His prosperity was now lost
His riches now to rags
Hatred within him- ‘unthawable’ frost
A frost that couldn’t be dissolved
An icy-cold disaster impossible to melt
A coldly burning scar of his life
A frost with which no one had dealt
He had no one to look to
What he had was nowhere to be found
All that were left to him
Was the sky above him and the ground
Lies were what he heard
Loss was all around
All that he thought of
Were the traitors in the surround
Wherever there is a will
There is a way
But he had great will
But a way he could not say
In the pain of betrayal he cried
For revenge he panicked
To avenge his losses his blood boiled
In fear of his future he frolicked
He heard all but the truth
Yet he told all but lies
His vengeance will be an answer
To his painful, disturbing cries
While he thought there was no hope
There was yet another
There came an elderly man
Whose heart cared for all like a mother
Slowly, at his own pace
Came the elderly
A brightened face giving light
And much hope had he
He came towards and sat down
An arm over the young man
He spoke courageously
Giving a helping hand
Hearing what had happened
The old man had a laugh
Expected, the young man, for sympathy
Sympathy? None, not even half
Now, now. What have you lost
Your riches and your wealth
Be glad it was nothing else
Not a limb or your health
When god created us
For this beautiful earth
We entered to this realm
With nothing at birth
Then we didn’t have money
Nor did we have clothes within our mother
We had nothing with us then
Except our emotions, however
We had love and there was care
Given to us from the start
An energy to fill our
Peace seeking heart
When we entered this world
Nothing then had we
When time passes by
You’ll get a chance to understand and see
A chance to know that
When we die it is the same
you’ll understand life is not money
Nor is it the pride and the fame
So, what you gain in life
It won’t be with you forever
But the education and the respect
You will have for eternity, forever and ever
The young man with power in heart
Wiped away the tears
He stood up with strength
And looked straight into his fears
Gaining hopeful spirit
He now became a real man
With every action he would take form now
Will show he actually can
The young man forgot all his worries
He took it all as a game
Looking at the father-like man
He politely asked for his name
My name is Krishna
But some call be Vishnu
I hope I have given you motivation
And inspiration to you
As a token of respect
The young man bowed his head
He closed his eyes and thought
Of what the other had said
He looked up to find
The old man had disappeared
And then turned his mind to some thoughts
That had suddenly appeared
The words the elder had spoken
The old man’s name
To the lord, Krishna himself
Were the same
As more and more spirit rose within
He knew he was under the care of the lord
Under the vision of the almighty
Filled with love from the god
- Diloshaan Sripathy
