A season of love, a moment of thrill
Time spent in a pause, no space to be still
Rush, race, stop and go – all at will
Each day, a different moment, and a new drill.
Walls rise, boundaries fall, lines fade and materialize
Agreement morphs to disagreement, minds agonize
Life lives, even as wills fail to organize
All in a blink, even as individual souls apotheosize
To be, to rest, the heart desires peace
But desire, in flight, will not let motion cease
The eternal struggle, that existence will not police
Man, thought, creation : body, not fleece.
Goodbye, hello, greetings, I come in peace
But wait, I am here for me, mine, my piece
Me peace is mine, as are all those trees
My ego drives me, not the flight of geese.
And yet, that was yesterday, today I am new
Fresh, alive, ready to start again, anew
No ego to squash, no promises to renew
A new light drives me, ready to break through!
-Mani