Musings

Yes mind wanders

and alongwith

it takes my soul

seeking and questing

ardently I pause and peek

look into other lives

trying hard to understand

how peace

is achieved

in humdrum and chaos

of daily existence.

Coping from one day

to next, is weekly toll

ticking away months,

then years

on calendar's scroll

I find no time to be

a rishi or muni

to rest in mountains or green,

to spend life on ponder

'bout hows and whys

of mortal existence

randomly chanced

upon the earth

when womb bore forth

new life joined

diverse cosmos

doomed with discontent

wanting to know,

find real purpose in life

with wholesome goal

aspiring to live

with aim to fulfil

a human role

in one lifetime.

Racing through list

from day to day

plagued is mind

unresolved about

meaning of 'mine'

I pick signs hither

then for clues look thither

I ask myself

why is it worthwhile to live

for mere mirth, just a laugh,

ignoring eternal fact

that ruthless can be

twists, turns in life,

where precious fragility

defines being alive

where no one escapes

marks of pain, parting is there

tests with heartbreaks

for on cycle of life, there's no control

on matters that matter

in joy or pain, loss or gain,

or when happiness profound

bows off with curtsey

to let

sorrow seep in

with sway of an unwaverin'

reckless sweep of tide

the unseen hand of Divine

has beckoned - He

rolls and calls

from log of Destiny.

Truthseekers so many

are seeking for truth

or is it myth,

they search in vain?

will answers tally,

or be found at all?

at times to wonder

seems such waste of time

to want to know

what lies in store

when uncertainty appears

to be the natural law!

Ah unresolved,

remains my fractionated form

scattered as bits

of an unsolved jigsaw

I ache and crave

for utter Unity-

would meditation, detachment

grant this wish,

or

magic potion of being loved

act, be illusory reprieve,

will solace be found

with devotion to One

will I find 'me' ever

in harmonious unison?