I recited your unknown name quietly to myself <br />Unknowingly yet surely your presence filling me <br />Gripped by the myriad duties of life as time flew on <br />Gifted to me the unwavering certainty which you are <br /> <br />When did you ever hear those inaudible sounds <br />How did you ever sense the longing in me <br />Where did you even understand our reality <br />While I recited your unknown name to myself <br /> <br />The apparent realities and vicissitudes of current tasks <br />The vastness of oceans and miles of huge distances <br />The grace of divinity and not just a mere chance <br />As I recited your unknown name quietly to myself <br /> <br />The jasmine fragrance and the advent of dawn <br />The hypnotic eyes and the mesmerizing smile <br />A signal here, a message there, the chirping birds <br />I recited your now known name quietly to myself <br /> <br />The bonding naturally ordained as the rainbow <br />The anguish and periods of difficult separation <br />Limitations galore and nothing at all to give yet <br /> I recited your now known name quietly to myself <br /> <br /> <br />And as one moon glided from half to full <br />And as the days and nights became equal <br />And rare cycles creating patterns in the skies <br />Merging in sublime unity even words falling silent <br /> <br />The monument of devotion stood proudly tall <br />In peace and bliss, in contentment of completion <br />Senses and emotions blending in spiritual harmony <br />Filled with your presence I did not recite your name... <br /> <br />I still recite your known name quietly to myself <br />As countless moons change from half to full <br />For it is beyond me to breathe without it <br />For you are the found one and not the lost one <br /> <br />For this awareness that my quest is fulfilled <br />For the knowledge that no more desires remain <br />For my contemplation is but a votive to sunshine <br /> I will always recite your name quietly to myself.<br /><br />Rishi Votive<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/and-many-moons/
