Balcony Darshan - 2

4/9/01

A silence fell among the devotees

As with a sound of vespers drawing close

She neared, and carried on the evening breeze

Her fragrance far more haunting than the rose.

Stillness descended on the assembled throng

Expectancy quivered in the languorous air

The heart replied to the hidden psychic's song,

Soft voices filled the burgeoning night with prayer.

Slowly She moved, Her hands upon the rail

Her heavenward eyes withdrawn in potent trance

The seconds as passing aeons seemed to prevail,

Then on us She cast a long and lingering glance.

In that instant of Grace our future's road was paved

And all our human failings fell subdued

By a love embracing all, our souls enslaved

Caught in Her eyes a future golden-hued.

O shining One who walks with unstained feet

The stars in their splendour are pale reflections of Thee,

And all the suns their radiance replete,

Ignited by Thy luminosity.