3 Poems About Love and Tears: “In Solidarity With Those Who Toil”, “The Work I Was Sent Here To Do” and “Home To The Sea”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY for the SPIRITUAL SOUL by Chinmayan
JOURNEY OF THE HEART # 21 Tuesday March 7, 2023
Photo Credit: Nyima Fitzmaurice
In Solidarity With Those Who Toil Working in the world of men, Working in the hot sun On a hill far above our green Valley, my heart suddenly opens To all those doing humble menial labor— I feel myself sweating beside them In the fields and vineyards, In farms and factories and transfer Yards where not one worker Speaks english, but whose eyes Exude understanding brotherhood. Many times, in times of need, As on the side of the road In our broken down motorhome, All those in expensive shiny cars Passed us by with disdainful looks Bespeaking their own importance, far More than us in their own minds And yet, it was always a Humble family in a rusty car Who would stop, to do whatever They could, and stay with us In loving care as if we were relatives Until we were up and running again And then offer us their last few Dollars, simply to help us out On our journey of life. As I work so hard, day by day, I stand in solidarity with all Those men and women who toil All around me and I send Each one my silent blessing And prayer that all of us Everywhere who labor, who Sweat and suffer, receive all that We need, today and everyday. June 6, 2017
Photo Credit: Nyima Fitzmaurice
The Work I Was Sent Here To Do An inexplicable sadness races Across my soul with pain so deep That hot tears fall like rain And I feel lost, like a man alone And at sea among stormy dark waves. This is a sudden major opening of My heart, closed too long Without my being aware, But now being burned open as the Love of God bathes my mind. I ask myself—Where is all this Sadness coming from? Is it the certainty that someday My days in this body will come To an end and then I must Say goodbye to all I love? Or is it the sense that My time is slipping by like A wide river rushing downstream And there is so much which Must be accomplished But is yet undone? It feels as if all of the above And more is coming in from all sides With questions which sadden me, but Must be faced, become aware of And finally really answered. For me, it has never been enough Just to live my days Like a long movie of cycling circles of Comedy, drama and tragedy. I am aware that I was born With a lofty purpose, a mission from God and a higher destiny Of serving the suffering ones of humanity— And I long to fulfill it all Through doing the work I was Sent here to do— While this body still breathes And this heart still beats. June 8, 2017
Home To The Sea We are lying together on a warm Gravel beach, simply resting contentedly, After swimming for hours in this wild river Of crystal clear water, sweet enough to drink. We had a clash on our way here, Separating my beloved and I, But then, we bridged the gap with A kiss, standing in this stream Of cold clear water flowing by. The wind sighs through the canyon, As eagles circle high overhead, And the late afternoon sun slowly sinks Towards it’s surrounding mountain bed. The river sings its secret sacred Song as it keeps flowing along— Sparkling, wild and free On its way home to the sea. June 17, 2017
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
2 Quotes About The Power of Faith
“Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of faith is to see what we believe.” —Saint Augustine
“All I have seen readies me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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