My Stoic Sister

MY STOIC SISTER

Flesh of my flesh

Breath of my breath

Thought of my thought

Spirit of my spirit

My little sister

My darling sister.

Caught in the maze of this world

*Sita-like stoic dumbstruck

At the mountain of calumny

On her struck.

*Ganga resurrected

Swirled and lashed

Looking for an outlet

Through the matted eyelids

Furious to cleanse the ‘malevoilent’ edifice.

Three drops yet rolled

The ‘Trueant’ ones

They fell at the ground kissing her feet.

And lo!

Three Trees of Life

In all celestial splendour

From the parched crusty earth sprang up

Bearing Fruit that no mortal can touch

For They spanned the Space

Between the *Tamas of the Earth

And the *Sattva of the Sky.

The passers by who’d come to jeer

Stood transfixed there to cheer

The Miracle that their eyes defied.

Ah! Happy happy miracle

Inspirer of the faith

Upholder of the Truth.

~Ravi Dhar~

*Sita- the princess of Mithila; disowned, according to
Uttara Ramayana, by her husband, Lord Rama on the
unsubstantiated allegation of marital infidelity
*Ganga- a sacred river for Hindus, brought down on
Earth from supernal spheres by Bhagiratha to get his
ancestors released from the curse of a Vedic seer;
supposed to have been caught in the matted hair of
Lord Shiva before he allowed it to descend on the
Earth
*Tamas- the state of Inconscience
*Sattva- the state of Integral Consciousness

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