Sunday, December 23, 2018

The Legend of the Boy Sage

Oushada Kumara was a well renowned sage
Blessed with sublime wisdom at a young age
People approached him with many a disputation
He solved them all and gained a fine reputation

One day the villagers to him did bring
Two women with a baby wrapped in a sling
Each claiming to be the rightful mother
And trying to snatch the babe from the other

The wise sage listened to each woman's plight
And solemnly decided to set things aright
On a line on the sand, placing the child in the center
He asked each woman to pull the baby towards her

The one successful in pulling the baby to her side
Would be adjudged the rightful mother with pride
The other would indeed be justly punished
For the blatant lie that she has furnished

Both women pulled with all their might
That the babe began to cry out at this fight
The cries one woman's heart did pierce
That she let go the babe and burst into tears

The other woman promptly claimed to be the victor
Not so, said the boy sage sternly to her
You showed no mercy during this fight
But the real mother couldn't bear the baby's plight

Her love for the babe is so kind and so pure
That his poignant cries she could not endure
She will have this babe restored to her
For she is the true and rightful mother

Thus the boy sage again showed his wisdom grand
That his legend began to fill the land
Yet he remained humble with all this fame
Attributing it all to the Almighty's name

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

The Gift of Life

Oh, traveler through the sands of time
Take heed and pray, stop a while
Yonder do the Church bells chime
To welcome forth the new born child

The silence of the golden morn
Is broken by his tender cries
The promise of a glorious dawn
Is writ large in his gentle eyes

The mother to her holds him close
To bind him in a love supreme
A love that through life’s highs and lows
Will build in him his self esteem

Oh, seeker of the worldly treasure
Seek ye first the truth divine
The gift of life is but a simple measure
Of God’s love for all mankind

Monday, December 10, 2018

Melancholy Eyes

If her face were to paint her past glories
And her eyes were to tell a thousand stories
Then why doth her face seem jolly and nice
And why does she have melancholy eyes

She lights up your life with her beautiful smile
And takes on the world with grace in her stride
Then why oh why the Creator cries
That she should have melancholy eyes

She speaks in a tone that befits a queen
And laughs sweetly with elegance unseen
Then why does she take her beau by surprise
When she looks at him with melancholy eyes

She is blessed with the wisdom of a holy sage
Serenity and poise that is hard to gauge
Then why does all humanity sigh
When she wins their hearts with melancholy eyes

Sunday, December 09, 2018

Splish Splosh

Splish splosh wish wash
Pitter patter raindrops
Falling on my galosh
As I dance in my flip-flops

This puddle that puddle
All the grownups in a huddle
Seek shelter where they stand
In a wet wonderland

Drippety drip Skippety skip
All the trees swoosh in glee
I try not to slip
In the slush all around me

This cloud that cloud
All the frogs croak aloud
The farmers too sing merrily
For heaven 'n earth are in harmony