Daily I offer flowers <br />At least one day wont you take one blossom <br />By your petal fingers to soothe my bosom <br />Heaving daily to see you? <br /> <br />Daily I offer scented water <br />At least one day won’t you take a few drops <br />To your lips for a sip, to dry my tear drops <br />Rolling down to see you? <br /> <br />Daily I offer a few fruits <br />At least one day won’t you take a bite <br />Showing your pearl teeth as a sight <br />To my eyes waiting to see you? <br /> <br />Daily I offer incense <br />At least one day wont you smell <br />And tell me ‘o nice’ to fell <br />My heart writhing to see you? <br /> <br />Daily I lit the lamp <br />At least one day won’t you show <br />Your form in the flame as they say <br />You reside in the divine light? <br /> <br />Years together I do all these <br />Won’t people laugh at me <br />Telling ‘what a foolish goose! ’ <br />If you continue to hide? <br /> <br />Am I worshipping mere picture? <br />Who will tell me the way <br />And address to find you? <br />Maa! Are you not here nearby me? <br /> <br />I know my search will be in vain <br />If it is done in the universe <br />I can only call out your names <br />Tears roll down and heart is in pain <br /> <br />You are said to be ocean of compassion <br />Then why do you discard my love and passion? <br />Which language do you understand? <br />Your indifference I can’t withstand! <br /> <br />Like a goat under the custody <br />Of a butcher finds no other way <br />I am under the custody of Time <br />It grows my ‘I’ to eat one day <br /> <br />I utter your names secretly <br />Is it not up to your grace <br />To leave me to butcher <br />Or to save me from this Maya? 100710<br /><br />Raman Savithiri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/662-breaking-waves/
