RATHAYATRA

Here there is :
an inescapable attraction,
an inexplicable emotion
and an irrepresible desire 
to be drawn to the Badadanda
where dusts sing of the Great lord’s glory
where each speck speaks of a past story
and His immense hands stretch out into infinity
wet with a desire to touch million hearts
perhaps at a still point
in their beats’ relentless hurry !

Here beggars are masters
Pricing love over money ;
and masters are beggars
in spite of all their honey;
each of them striving endlessly
for a place at the heart of the great lord
and for peace after reaching the door of God .

Come, let us fold ourselves into a big bunch
with innocence at the center of a bouquet
in sprinkles of our tears thoroughly wet
for an offer after Yatra in an hour all quiet.

Copy r. : Saroj K. Padhi/30.06.14