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SOMETHING I LOOK AT-141 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-141
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

           IN YOUR LAP

Maa!
I know what it means 
Walking alone on the thorny path of life
I know what it means
Moving away from you
Knowingly or unknowingly 
In pursuit of an identity
Which is not you

I know
How it feels
When ego comes in between
You and me
When I feel 
On my own, I can make it
And swim across the whirlpool of life

I know
How painful it is
When I conceive me,
My identity, happiness and sorrow 
As distinct and different from you

How foolish it is
To think that I am somebody
Around which thousands revolve 
I am the maker of my destiny
And all that I see 

Maa,!
When I go away from you
To work out the arithmetic of life 
I fall prey to miseries, tensions and anxieties
I know it but commit the same mistake time and again
My ego never leaves me
It comes in different guises 
And when it comes 
You go away leaving me alone 
In a pool of mundane desire and sorrow

Unless you wish
My ego will never dissolve 
I can not get over traces of ego 
That plays havoc with me
Maa! don't add to my ego
And run away from me
Let my ego melt and the ocean of bliss emerge 
The prodigal son is at your feet
Bless me!
Kill my ego, reduce me to zero
Let there be no me, you and you only
Let there be nothing in between You and me except Waves of love and bliss
Let me be there in your lap forever
Here and hereafter
Smruti Ranjan Mohan

©Smruti Ranjan Mohanty #navratri SOMETHING I LOOK AT-141
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

           IN YOUR LAP

Maa!
I know what it means 
Walking alone on the thorny path of life
SOMETHING I LOOK AT-141
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

           IN YOUR LAP

Maa!
I know what it means 
Walking alone on the thorny path of life
I know what it means
Moving away from you
Knowingly or unknowingly 
In pursuit of an identity
Which is not you

I know
How it feels
When ego comes in between
You and me
When I feel 
On my own, I can make it
And swim across the whirlpool of life

I know
How painful it is
When I conceive me,
My identity, happiness and sorrow 
As distinct and different from you

How foolish it is
To think that I am somebody
Around which thousands revolve 
I am the maker of my destiny
And all that I see 

Maa,!
When I go away from you
To work out the arithmetic of life 
I fall prey to miseries, tensions and anxieties
I know it but commit the same mistake time and again
My ego never leaves me
It comes in different guises 
And when it comes 
You go away leaving me alone 
In a pool of mundane desire and sorrow

Unless you wish
My ego will never dissolve 
I can not get over traces of ego 
That plays havoc with me
Maa! don't add to my ego
And run away from me
Let my ego melt and the ocean of bliss emerge 
The prodigal son is at your feet
Bless me!
Kill my ego, reduce me to zero
Let there be no me, you and you only
Let there be nothing in between You and me except Waves of love and bliss
Let me be there in your lap forever
Here and hereafter
Smruti Ranjan Mohan

©Smruti Ranjan Mohanty #navratri SOMETHING I LOOK AT-141
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

           IN YOUR LAP

Maa!
I know what it means 
Walking alone on the thorny path of life