Rati Manjari Devi

Lost in poetry
On the laps of mother nature
My feelings that you nurture
Encircle your glory
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Chant the Holy Name
Sprinkle around your soul, the flame
That devours the subtle body slowly
Turning you into a devotee
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It's hard for me to live
With people of this world
Though with the same strength we breathe
Like a snail, my inner self I curl
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Your silent talks I hear
Drifting my senses near
The shade of your feet
Where like a bruised shadow, I creep
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As I walked past dim lights
I overheard their feminine conversation
'Our beauty has faded in the nights
Now we should crawl out of illusion'
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Look at the devotees
See how they shine
But I am down on my knees
As separation from them makes me whine
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