Poems of Narad

Awash in Light

I saw visions and I knew eternity,
The hidden worlds I glimpsed and in my sleep
Escaped the body's laws and flew to Him
Above the reach of earth, above our skies.

I met the unknown leaders of our lives,
Greater than the saints these yogi kings
And watched my heart and saw my breast aflame
In a rapture-moment silent by Her feet.

These occult spaces yield no more their joys
And hidden is the face that welcomed me,
The smile that kindled suns and lit the stars
Whose feet I kissed in those supernal days.

Now all is sealed and veiled though earthly eyes
Seek no more the outward and unreal,
Who held Her glance must find the secret soul
And deeper go to touch the brightening stream.

There is a spotless place wherein is kept
The vision and the wonder of Her Grace.
And there I dwell, ennobled by my prayers
I kneel in gratitude, awash in light.

First published in Mother India - July 2003