Poetry

East and west up and down
In your search I never found
Any shape in which you were bound.
You too had no specific ground
Though in nature n life you abound.

Fascinate me your manifestations
Espoused with varied intentions
With humane desire of sublimation
As also of cunning intimidations
To project self and it's promotion.

Lover and beloved in this pair
You mask adroitly carnal desires.
Infatuation n longing on separation.
A mastery you show in presentation
In celestial form human relations.

Money and miser in this pair
Of greed you become embodiment.
You are a quantity for a miser
Of money n it's agrandizement,
For which he crosses all extents.

Lust for power and more power
Is your mask with a power monger
You may think then to annihilate
The weak for the conquest ultimate
Of your devotee- the power monger.

Show me love all such places
Where you reside just for your sake.
Where your bonds no one can break,
Your presence creats no mess
And it goes on showering pure happiness.

Which are the forms you too love
Is it compassion! tell me oh love.
Are pity n sympathy your own forms.
I too know all their charms
Tell me if you follow any norms?

-Ratnakar D Mandlik