7000: digging for potatoes (seeking sanctuary)

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Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2004-06-25 08:35 AM

a pilgrim priest
enjoys his privacy
while he meditates
in the temple’s
sanctum sanctorum

in amber-tipped ambience
he seeks refuge
away from the world’s
evil eyes
to detach self from
serpent-skinned twins of
moh and maya

some thoughts are meant
to be hidden
sheltered in sanctuary

~

the world talks
a language of
deep-sounding philosophy
while endlessly debating
the pros and cons
of hitchhiking and hijacking
comparing prices of
gasoline and property

how long must we pay
this
rent?

!

almost instinctively
I break into a run
to rush into
the fleeting red
of a falling sun
as I try to play
‘catch-up’

I seek my sanctuary
that presently lies
hidden in the depths
of many-layered folds
amongst some unknown knowns
and the myths and fads
of Yoga for a better living
and the quite unapparent perils
of non-believing

!

the cynic
wakes up from his slumber
throws cold water on his face
rubs his eyes
to stare at the mirror

almost expectedly
the rimmed mirror crashes
into a thousand fragments of
known truths

!

[This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (06-26-2004 03:33 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2004-06-25 09:09 AM

Excellent and powerful write her Sudhir m'friend.
Extremely well written and much enjoyed.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

Something tugs at me, I've no doubt of that.
Something from the sea, whichever one I'm near.
When I stray too far from beachland, it calls me back

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2004-06-25 09:16 AM

Sudhir,
Well done my friend. But of a broken jar which is the prefered fragment? Enjoyed

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2004-06-25 09:16 AM

the struggles between beliefs..and experience.. the ideas of faith and of following.. well explored here sir...

very well done... holds the reader in the journey from first word till the last "crashing" image of fragmentation..

I'm very impressed.... VERY...

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

4 posted 2004-06-25 11:52 AM

Suhir Iyer, you have left a treasure of beautiful phrases for me to ponder.

....jo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

5 posted 2004-06-25 02:09 PM

love the format of this

and the theme is awesome!

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

6 posted 2004-06-25 04:01 PM

Thank you all, my dear friends, for coming by and leaving your thoughts behind on what turned out to be my 7000th post at this wonderful wonderful place

Your kind words are much appreciated...

Regards
sudhir

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

7 posted 2004-06-25 04:44 PM

Sudhir

From the title to the last line...so well done!!

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

8 posted 2004-06-25 06:55 PM

This splintered my thoughts into a thousand ideas all at once. In other words, this caught my attention! I really enjoyed the truth in this.

miscellanea

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

9 posted 2004-06-26 03:19 PM

Thank you both so very much...

regards
sudhir

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