The Supernal^s Call.htm The Supernal's Call I saw Beauty stealing through the clouds of night, Almost it seemed with a surreptitious smile As if she knew that darkness hid delight And she would bear our ignorance awhile. I saw them singing from the highest trees, The harbingers of the new world to come, Melodious their chant, the strains of peace Descending through the realms of Christendom, Echoing their joy in the Far East, Announcing the defeat of Evil's reign And the annihilation of the Beast, The Light that lights the suns to come again. I saw wonder blossom in the children's eyes, A harmony entwine the hearts of all, A truth invincible the mind surprise

Lover^s Lament.htm Lover's Lament for X 6/30/08 When day goes down to dusk and shadows fall Across the barren landscape of my soul, Do you remember me, my little one Whose love by your mistrust obscured the sun And shattered my heart like a shattered vase My book of love to wilfully deface. The music and the poetry I gave From your destructive doubt could not save The unity that brought our spirits close. And now, as blooms a solitary rose, Its fragrance wasted on the evening air, With none to see I live in my despair Yet hope, no pray, that one day you will find One who will ease the torments of your mind.

Frail Time-Piece What do we know who are so lightly here? Our sages and philosophers and saints Have touched the hem of fleeting angel robes Or grasped the feet of God in ecstasy, But we who labour mid the sorrows and joys Of our humanity, who briefly live And love among the singing or silent spheres, Who yearn for beauty as it passes by And cannot hold for long the silver cup, The chalice of our spirit's offering But must obey the call of earthly needs Desire and the want for petty things, But still within the chr

Memories and Moments I hold the moments close that once I cared Most insufficiently and let them pass As long ago my ego dense and crass, Proud, unknowing, 'the world is mine', declared. Yet looking back too long is like a chain That binds us in our all too human pain And keeps the striving soul from leaping out. For memories hold sorrows much too deep That live again in all our troubled sleep And in the nightmare dark we choke and shout, Alone in world

From Former Lives I watch the future flying past And see the past as future once, Time is contained within my sight And space eternal in my soul. Love that held me to the earth So that my spirit would not leave Without fulfilling its purpose here Has flown beyond the world to rest Alone in her infinity. No longer do I weep for loss, A knowledge growing through the years, A touch of wisdom on my brow Enables me an

My Spiritual Home I walked along deserted beaches Looking for my identity The sand displayed its emptiness And spoke of nothing but the sea. I asked the waves where I should go To wash away my loneliness But all they did was rush on me Promising no happiness Until I found the hidden key That lay by Pondicherry's shore. There I would know my destiny And wander through the world no more. But I was young and young the day Once found I knew I could not stay Among the holy and the kind, In the first scene I left the play To follow the concepts of my mind. Each year when flowers go to sleep To work in Auroville I come Live in t

Ever Higher Climb I have walked into a drear and lonely place Held by the remembrance of a face, And one who held my love within her hands Who like a jeweller fashioned wedding bands Of antique gold on silver overlaid, Created beauty that shall never fade To signify a love that could not die. Now she is gone and I, who am I, That hungers for a symbol or a sign. I have drunk deep the sacrificial wine Yet cannot free my soul to serve Her best

Bluebirds Night with its cloak of enchantment Covered the light of the world, Summer is here and the nestlings Flew from their nests and were hurled Into a vast isolation. They softly and plaintively called, Huddled for warmth and protection As the hungry hawk swooped down. Now all that remains are feathers, The indelible presence of blue.

All Life^s Contraries.htm All Life's Contraries I never knew mistrust and doubt Could be the intimates of love, Snuffing joy's candle out And sorrow like an injured dove Cry so softly in its pain, But now I see that love is blind, At least love on the human plane Distorted by desire-mind And failing to widen out, embrace Anger and disillusionment Filling the hurt and empty place Solaced by the soul's consent As a quivering n

God Within Our Hearts Growing old is not an option, Rest not till thy soul’s work is done Cultivate intense devotion And in each soul revere the One. Seek the center where reigns a peace Untroubled by the stirring mind, Then shall the inner turmoil cease, God within our hearts to find.