# # A Listener In Us Poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan
# # A Listener In Us
Our body may not be
what we think it to be
it could be much more in a sense
it could be a listener to world's resonance
when we saw a swelled up sea
when its hungry tongue swirled up as tsunami
no stray animal fell a pray to the sea
none were there in the vicinity of the sea
in a deer sanctuary in south india
the deers which used to dwell near the sea
the night before tsunami they climbed a hill top
stood there to see the sea swell up
when the sea was summoned by man to chide
'so many families shattered by you
so many homeless and motherless made by you
the crying relations sorrow would burrow you
'a rift.... i had within me' went on the sea
'a shifting adjustment i had to make within me
made me stretch out of shore
i thought you were all informed well before'
who would inform us on all this
who informed the stray on all this
the relation with the world we all miss
the listener in us to the resonance is a total miss
as children we did well
awake in us mind body and soul
as we grow the mind becomes all
we lose sensitivity of body and soul
the inbuilt listener we don't honor
a science built detector we harbor
to tell us what is in store for the future
UNNOTICED GOES THE RESONANCE TO THE LISTENER
A TOOL WE NEED TODAY
[two days after tsunami in chennai there was an article in thina thanthi
a tamil daily about this sanctuary situated in mayiladu durai...in kodai fm there was a report on a zoo in srilanka where too the animals responded much before tsunami came]
Really we are far beyond the reach of the savants of nature and elude our mind with ignorance. A fantastic poem there, yes it is just like the fading away of our dreams which we had as children
yes, its sad we have lost touch with our instincts and are no longer tuned to nature. you have brought out your thoughts very well through this poem Samanyan.10 mamta
We have lost the ear that listens to many warnings inside us my friend. Sadly the channel sometimes gets blocked by the sound of the cash registar bell ringing.-10
Through the art of meditation one can fine tune that 'listening ability' of the soul! You have spoken of 'resonance'! For more than two decades now, Scientists are desperately trying through mathametical models - for a Theory of Everything! They call it M-Theory! There are tiny nano strings vibrating all over cosmos, like the resonance of violin strings! The type of String(open/closed string) and the kind of resonance or vibrations made, - results in creation of all matter in cosmos! In fact the entire Universe vibrates & resonates creating the music of God's philharmonic orchestra! ! So let us tune ourseleves to listen to His heavenly music! FOR YOU POEM 10! -Raj
‘…the inbuilt listener we don't honor…’ Why but? Excellent poem Ten++ dr.sakti
It's certainly a perspective worthy of consideration. Very contemplating in the face of tragedy...truly sad...that things like this occur. Thanks for sharing.
A few pertinent questions raised on man’s limitations. Yes, it’s said, animals have that sixth sense against impending dangers, whereas man is deficient in it. Sometimes even animals can’t help it, as for example when a river is in spate. Anyway, man is unfortunately distancing himself from nature and so some of his native talents have already slipped into disuse…heavily depending as he is on external means. A thought-provoking composition.
thanks for drawing my attention to this wonderful poem. its true. wish here was something that could be done.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A very good write calling for reflection. Actually, it's true that the listening sense is much more developed in some animals, yet the MIND GIFT is granted only to human beings, so it's better for us to use this gift in order to think about the REASON of everything and about the essence of the universe itself.