I lit lanterns of pink
in the caverns of Your heart
slipped rose sachets
under Your pillow
chiffon pink curtains
flutter on an open balcony
so high in the heavens
earth twinkles below
a sorrowful star
a dream
a distant memory

Only Your love is real

In this breath
is infinity
I breathe in
Your presence
Bhagavan
Your Darshan
never ends

I am flushed
and stoked
with anticipation
my head brushes the
outer reaches of space
galaxies sail past me
eyes witness such wonders

Your astounding Vastness
has entered me....

My Beloved
boundaries of
name and form
disappear
in the all-embracing
rapture of You

"Jai Jai"
This little voice calls to
her Lord
carrying incense tray
with candle and camphor

There are Souls
roaming the Earth
wept tears and
dark figures mourning

Lord Krishna says
"No, don't cry my dear
light can never die
darkness feels it
can swallow light
but light cannot die"
Om
Jago Jago
Om

Past few evenings

we saw red dragons and

half moon in the sky

but tonight!

Tonight!

phoenix spread

his gold wings across

the Azure dome

Chain around my neck
hands and feet are bound too
I choke back tears
Ocean of  Samsara
turbulent surf raging
in my eyes

Narayan, Blue Lord of the Cosmos
solar disk circling your forefinger
with very breath I am reborn
a lonely soul destined to die

How I long to wear
the garland of your love
around my neck
imbibe the Prema
that every jivi consciously
or unconsciously desires

Beloved
my heart is a swing
swaying in the pearl gray mist
come sit beside me forever...

I danced with the
luminous One
felt His breath
and the drums beating
in our blood
I caught fire...
nothing left of me....
only red embers of His love

My breath is misty
cool air of Kailash
blows across my Soul
White tundra billows
endless drifts
only your flaming footprints
can be seen
I kiss each one
Will they lead me to You...?
Tiger skinned Lord
with crescent Moon
hearth and home are
a distant planet
my hands are frozen
in prayer position
Your name twirls like
snowflakes pirouetting
through crystal air
I've pitched a tent
under the Himalayan Stars
just one glance
before I dream
Beloved
One shimmering glimpse

Lord Shiva can breathe
life back into us
His breath
Sing His breath
alone on Mount Kailash
snowflakes orbit like
white butterflies
around Him

I am a love crazed butterfly

Lord Shiva can breathe
life back into us
His breath
Sing His breath
alone on Mount Kailash
snowflakes orbit like
white butterflies
around Him

I am a love crazed butterfly

Snow in His hair

shimmer of diamonds
still and serene
He sits in Samadhi
otherworldly...
as if carved from the
crystalline glaciers
of the sacred Himalayas

In Him
worlds stop
and start

a rose falls to the Earth
He awakens
eyes aflame....

I rise up like a bird
like a swan
to meet Him

I'm sitting near a lake

in Crane Roost Park
but the Ganges is
flowing past me

Condos and skyscrapers
Pierce The horizon
but all I see
are snow crested majestic peaks
of the Himalayas

Oak, Cypress and
Palm trees ornament
the parks perimeter
but all I see are
Bilva leaves
and fiery Palasa trees

People walking their dogs,
pushing baby strollers,
runners pounding
the pavement
but all I see is....
Shiva, Shiva, Shiva

When I fall into your arms
at last,
when I merge with You
at last,
when the beginning of me,
and the end of You
are infinite,
at last,
I will know
who I am

Behind my cherry blossom parasol
I wait for you
Beloved

a sunstar shimmering
across the Red bridge to Heaven

the wind sighs pitifully
and purple wisteria weeps

My elusive enigmatic love
Summer turns to Autumn golds
and still my spirit pines

a sunstar shimmering
across the Red bridge to heaven

We watch the blossoms
cascade over a high cliff
like sweet snowfall
a whirlwind of
cherry pink kisses
enamors crystal blue
atmosphere
A lover in the sanguine mist
offers his heart
without hesitation
together we cross the
Red bridge to Heaven

I lit a candle for  Diwali
everywhere there are fireworks
and the name of Ram resounds
through the Heavens
O Slayer of demons
the night is dark and obscure
only Your Name
Your Presence can save us

I have given up the dark poison
of sensuous passion
that grips the enjoyer
like a ravenous
boa constrictor

Free from the serpent's kiss
and the rattle of desire
I prostrate at your holy feet
Divine One  
in clean white linen

We made innocent Love
in The deep forest glades
the peacock plumed Lord
embroidered my lips with His smile
and pierced the darkness
with a thousand suns
illumined
I am a shining shadow
a sparkling echo
reflecting, following His every move

An arrow of flowers
has entered my heart
I sip the heady maroon wine
of His love
and dance through the streets
chanting His glorious name
O Beloved
I am drunk on the beauty of
Your Presence
catch me as
I swoon into Your
Eternal Embrace

I am singed by Your brilliance
my hair is on fire
my fingertips emit electric sparks
The thought of Your embrace
sets off fireworks...
Come closer...still
Beloved
Divine One

O fragile life
the kiss of His breath
Excites stars, galaxies and planets
He ripples through us
holds us close to
His luminous *****
in His presence is light eternal
all else is utter gloom

My heart is restless
there is a storm raging in my mind
waves crash recklessly
over unforgiving rocks

And the battered Earth trembles
Only His feet can bestow peace

The Lotus feet of Hari are
our only true support

In early hours
I took the shape of wind
lithe and billowy
I blew across empty
city streets
not a soul in sight
the sky called to me
from it's alluring expanse
I floated a whisper of air
borne of breath
into a wondrous firmament
An Eye opened in the distance
as I floated nearer
scores of candles
numerous lights
surrounded this majestic orb
O Divine One
I bow to You
Namaste a thousand times
I bow to You
a thousand times

Namaste

When the dove of my heart
flies towards You
with a rose and in it's sunlit beak
O my Swami
O my Lord
stretch out your hand
that I may alight on that silken touch
O to be the vermilion blossom
that kisses your Lotus feet

If I must return...
if I must return Lord
with bookbag strapped
to my back

Please afford me good
circumstances
where the knowledge
of You
blossoms early in the
fountains of my heart

to lose sight of You
for even a moment
for eons.....
is a death I cannot
bear

Take me away forever
dearest
bind me to Your glory
far from the cycle of
death and rebirth
end this miserable separation

I yearned to touch Your
starry raven feet
my eyes thirsty
for Your darshan
when dreams descend
I fly with gossamer body
a silken shadow in search of You

Pink lip stained heavens
a thousand angel kisses
adore Father sky at sunset
His azure arms embrace
Mother Earth and all the
luminescent galaxies
I gaze up with zodiac eyes
my lips trembling

Honey bee thinks
my rainbow umbrella
is a scrumptious flower
with ginormous petals
it blooms rain or shine
while I am seated on the
black wrought iron bench
next to the purple porter ****

Uh-oh...
his pinstriped black
and amber body
buzzes
a little too close!

I dance in His luminous footsteps
a girl drunk on His love
This world shakes
it's gem studded mane
offers me all it's gold
My eyes are forever fixed on His feet
I dance in His luminous footsteps
a girl drunk on His love

When I sing to Hari
I know he hears my rapture
I offer it to him
an ecstatic wine
a chalice of blossoms
for His lips only

My mind is in a whirlwind
I have lost my way
only the sound of Your flute
can guide me now....
come my Pied Piper
lead me home

Hari Om
He has placed a
*** of nectar near my lips
and a diamond in my third eye
I hold fast to his sapphire feet
and find myself
floating in the center
of a jeweled lotus

How luminous are His eyes
I'm caught in a star storm
in a blizzard of suns
when we gaze together
I cross a bridge of light

into His dazzling presence

The luminous one has come
He has left me dazzled, senseless
starstruck wandering
in a pool of light
singing His name

I'm running up the hill
Swami
high speed
towards You
I'm not looking back
past rocks, hail stones, pitfalls
so many lives...
stories
joyful and tragic
where are they now?

O Sai! what sweeter goal
You are at the summit

I'm running a swift current
up the mountain
over tombstones
freshly fallen tears
broken hearts
towards
Heaven's sea

O Sai! What sweeter goal
You are at the zenith

My heart swells
so that it may burst...!
a rose pink pinata
over-flowering
with petals of
Your Love
Swami
Swami
dance with us
multiply into
a million Babas
unfolding in the arms
of every ardent devotee
every blushing Radha

My heart throbs
Your name
Om Namah Shivaya
all the peaks of Kailash
are melting
with the ardor of my love

Divine city
in the stars...
in my heart
where my Lord
of Kailash, Sathya Sai
dwells
My Soul is a blazing comet
streaking towards You

Sai Bolenath

When will I know?

Grasp?

Realize?

That You are mine
forever?

Today we begin the
celebration
Mother of the Universe
Uma Maheshwari
Other half of Vishwanatha

With a thousand arms
Devi gathers us to her
warm ample *****
snows of Kailash melting

Kisses like swan white
lotus blossoms rain profusely
soothing our frightful anguish

O Ma!
Your children wail loudly
from their earthly crib
lift us up to the heavens...
to the limitless possibilities...

Whisper softly in our ears
"You are all sacred souls"
"You do not die"
"You live forever"

I snuggle up under a pile of clouds
like a soft fleece blanket
soothing my fevered brow
O to dream awhile..
peaceful heavens,  
elysian fields,
bucolic paradise
a gentle kiss on my cheek
and the blush of roses
spreads across my countenance

Beloved
I hear the distant conch
golden bugles
awakening bells...

my tears have turned to nectar

Sai
Deep into the
evening diamonds
everlasting well
of your eyes I fall
feels like I could
Free Fall forever into You...
You are so vast
catch me Lord in that
Absolute Oneness
no death
no rebirth

I wrap myself in a shawl
of prayers
shut out the pain
and suffering
in dark silence
illumined by Your presence
I am

David makes me a friendlier person
sometimes..... I am as aloof
as the Himalayan
mountain range
my head in the ethers
spinning in absolute
sparkling space
glassy stars
pellucid galaxies
cascading around me
my loving hubby
brings me down to earth
I feel the lush loam
warmth of humankind
and gather the world around
my fireplace
singing bhajans
chanting sweet Oms

You're smoking that cigarette
makes me sad
I watch you from the
lobby window of the hotel
framed with crocus plants
breathe in smoke stacks
pillars of poison
puffing into azure ozone
your once pink lungs
crumble like crematory ash
prayers gush from my heart
put out the fire

Alas! I have taken another birth
And lost the blissful opportunity
to dwell with You eternally
Divine Charioteer
Take command of my
galloping senses
wayward mind, unruly disposition

Fly fast and sure Heavenward
In the celestial Palace of my Lord
Refined, pure and chastened
The open flower of my heart
will be His pillow
my joyful kisses
His sweet ambrosia

My lips, ecstatic blossoms
perpetually glued to
Your resplendent feet
have lost their desire for
the vanishing fare of this plane
Hari!
I long only for the Grace of
Your dulcet touch

We sat by the shore
listening....

There's a red tinged
Shiva Moon
adorning the night sky
honeycombs drip in
the sweet sultry air
My Lord is close to me tonight
His starry raven robes
cover me with pure enchantment
I am a tender whisper
in His heavenly caress

In native essence of my heart
nectar rises from
depths unknown
unrestrained sweetness
surges like golden lava
an ancient dweller resides
my Lord of honey bees
and the Universe
amrit trickles continuously....