I agree honestly my love is not absolute <br />For I know not its taste! <br />True devotion, then, how will I radiate? <br /> <br />Tears flow as I chant Your thousand names <br />Not because of true devotion <br />But out of fear and frustration <br />Save me Maa, not only from evils external <br />But also from hidden enemies internal <br /> <br />I am still vulnerable! <br />I fear disasters natural <br />Like flood, fire, famine, <br />Tsunami, tempest and tremors, <br />I fear demons in form of humans, <br />Thieves, murderer, robbers, <br />Rowdies, womanizers and kidnappers <br />I fear diseases, accidents, treachery and betrayal <br />I fear even jungle creatures like tiger, bear and jackal <br />Cunning animals like fox, hyena and monkeys <br /> <br />Above all I fear my own enemies reside inside <br />Anger, envy, lust, greed, grievance and hatred <br />And the root cause EGO of all these <br /> <br />The movements of external enemies are seen <br />But evils of EGO are hidden within deep <br />Before I sense they hit me and I bleed! <br /> <br />You always spread Your wings of warmth <br />To protect from all evils outside! <br />But alas! Where will I shelter myself <br />To escape the evils that reside inside? <br />I surrender at Your divine names! <br />Kindly drag me to the core, <br />As I chant, cover me under the Power <br />Of Your name! I take refuge in Your name <br />Shield from both in and out! <br />Om Sakthi! Om Sakthi! Om Sakthi!<br /><br />Raman Savithiri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/673-my-enemies-reside-inside-260210/
