Vijaya Sundaram

Poet, Musician, Teacher, and Amateur Visual Artist

Breath-less

Breath-less

©July 21st, 2015

By Vijaya Sundaram

The Guru sits, enthralled,

Arms out at knees, palms upwards,

Hair in a knot, eyes closed,

Deep in the blood of you,

Quiet behind your eyes,

Gathering visions.

 

And the world spirals inwards

And ever inwards,

Until you reach the core,

Where burns a sun

As still and blue

And molten and plasmic

As every dream you

Ever had, ever held,

As it, too, vanished in a breath

Of the OM you breathed

In your gathering of,

And your letting free, the air

You so desperately needed

To live.

 

Just sit, breathe, dream,

Envision, desire, grasp, sorrow,

And let it slip away, let it all

Vanish in that breath,

And let that breath go.

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