Awash in Light

I saw visions and I knew eternity,

The hidden worlds I glimpsed and in my sleep

Escaped the body's laws and flew to Him

Above the reach of earth, above our skies.

I met the unknown leaders of our lives,

Greater than the saints these yogi kings

And watched my heart and saw my breast aflame

In a rapture-moment silent by Her feet.

These occult spaces yield no more their joys

And hidden is the face that welcomed me,

The smile that kindled suns and lit the stars

Whose feet I kissed in those supernal days.

Now all is sealed and veiled though earthly eyes

Seek no more the outward and unreal,

Who held Her glance must find the secret soul

And deeper go to touch the brightening stream.

There is a spotless place wherein is kept

The vision and the wonder of Her Grace.

And there I dwell, ennobled by my prayers

I kneel in gratitude, awash in light.

First published in Mother India - July 2003