Home

Dear one

asks dear mind

unable to stay

quiet

any longer

Dear one..

do you mean

Your home

is

Father

..?

dear mind

my dearest friend

since you wish

to know

what i meant

it is

this..

you are

fortunate..

dear Father

is

your home

not mine

Suddenly still

while it

takes in

this piece

of news..

dear mind

wonders

perplexed..

what?

it asks

please repeat

what did you say

is my home?

wouldn’t it

more likely be

a place

in the mountains

where i could

be still

and rest

in peace

..?

wouldn’t it be

some place

like the

the himalayas..

..?

Yes..

dear friend

that would be

your start

your middle

your end

your path

your goal

the place

you will finally

feel

at home

HIM ALAYAM

Tamara

o Mother..

look at this book

this book

of tomorrow

this character

this flower

in perpetual bloom..

will she ever

find her way

to her home..?

will she

get beyond

this beautiful illusion

called time..?

Mother laughs

dear child

dear one

you really believe

don’t you

that this book

is no fiction?

Of course Mother..

like this

character

i too dream

of the time

away from

this dream

the day

of ‘happily

ever after’

the day

i return home

to dear Father

And where

be that home

Mother smiles

gently brushing

the strands

away from

the eyes..

the winds

continue

their song..

strumming

the strands

as their

musical accompaniment

Please carry on..

dear child

to where

do you wish

to retire?

i don’t know

the place Mother

or the co-ordinates

Ma

no direction

no path

do i know

all i know

is..

when i find

i will know

what

is my home

then out of

the blue

something

continues

in my voice

i don’t know

o Mother

if it

actually

is a place

that’s identifiable

for all i know

it may

be

just

a principle

the principle

that does not break

that keeps together

the principle

that is

my Father

Tamas

Asathoma…sadgamaya

Tamasoma..jyotirgamaya

Mrithyorma..Amrithamgamaya

whispers

the mind

Dear mind

i hear

voice address

firm n kind

dear mind..

haven’t..

we learned

the hard way

never to copy

another’s prayer

..?

What is that

You mean..

dear one?

i hear

mind ask

the conversation

has begun

Dear mind

please make

an attempt

to recollect..

as only

you can

the law

for us now..

not

the law

of this land..

do you mean..

mind whispers

Mother’s

Law of converse?

we share

one look

in each other

we hold hands

together

we sing

tama..

ta ma..

ta..ma..

ta..

ma..

ta..

ma..

ta..

ma..

ta..

Mata