Your courage reached out to me...

Inspite of the betraying breath,
The sail of your sinking boat still lingered on life's shore;

Resounding with the joy of a lived life,
Every drop of your blackened blood gushed out into the unknown sea;

Standing on the throes of eroding strength, your courage reached out to me;
Caged in a broken body, I heard your spirit call out to me.

"I want you to sing me my final song;
I want you to hold this pain and make us strong;
I want you to touch my soul and make it soar with you forever."

The Seekers Tale...

"There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved."

-Sri Chinmoy

Few words to my Father...

Nine months and one day,
Since the day you passed away.

The 30th Anniversary of Togetherness
And the first without You.

The happiness of your being
Has now transcended into memories.

Never felt the need to wish before,
And now i am paralyzed,
With a sudden longing for all those yester-years.

Au Carrefour

Un moment, beaucoup de personnes;

Une personne, beaucoup d' histoires;

Une histoire, beaucoup d' interprétations;

Une interprétation, beaucoup d' impressions;

Une impression, beaucoup d' influences;

Une influence, beaucoup d' actions;

Une action, beaucoup de conséquences;

Une conséquence, beaucoup d' implications;

Une implication, beaucoup d' opinions;

Une opinion, beaucoup de réflexions;

Une réflexion, beaucoup de cellules;

Une cellule, la vie elle-même !

Its my fourth month into the language and voila!... my very first piece in French...all on my own. The translation is below....

At the Junction

One moment, many persons;

One person, many stories;

One story, many interpretations;

One interpretation, many impressions;

One impression, many influnces;

One influence, many actions;

One action, many consequences;

One consequence, many implications;

One implication, many opinions;

One opinion, many thoughts;

One thought, many cells;

One cell, life itself!

If I Dare...

If I dare,
It’s because I am becoming aware of us,
As a pair of us,
Each accepting a share of what’s there…

It takes care
And despair
To change.

Though you swear to change,
Who can tell if you do?
It takes two.

When I take a step,
I hope you take one too…
I only hope and not expect,
That you would care to;
That you would help us come through…

I’ll always be there,
As frightened as you;
To help us survive,
Being Alive.

You and Me...

Where do I end and you begin,
Where do you end and I begin.

Seamless, we mingle;
Seamless, we disperse,
Into the vast corridors of our selves.

In your laughter, I find my streak of joy;
In my tears, you feel the pangs of pain.

In your thoughts, I soar high n' high;
In my expanses, you fly.

Thoughts on Love...

Two years to our togetherness, and one year into the marriage...the discovery of eachother seems indeed like a life- long process! Just when you thought you have known it all...there it comes...something new, something different...all that matters is you embrace it as you embrace eachother; you grow, you unfold, and you bloom in eachothers company.

"The greatest thing you will ever learn,
is to love and be loved in return."

~ Moulon Rouge ~

"It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship
and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual
affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it
will not be created for years or even generations."

~ Khalil Gibran ~

"We seek the comfort of another. Someone to share
and share the life we choose. Someone to help us through
the never-ending attempt to understand ourselves.
And in the end, someone to comfort us along the way."

~ Marlin Finch Lupus ~

"To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage."

~ Lao-Tzu ~

"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love;
the more they give, the more they possess."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~

"The story of a love is not important -
what is important is that one is capable of love.
It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."

~ Helen Hayes ~