Going Home, poem by Vidya Venkataramanan at Spilwords.com

Going Home

written by: Vidya Venkataramanan

Singled out
At last,
To go Home,
A weary stork,
Found to his delight,
That he was strobe lighted
At Twilight,
Just as his tired wings,
Had given up,
Barely flapping,
Ennui and defeat had taken their toll!

Lifetimes of longing
To connect with the One,
Waiting for Him
Through penance
And bare sustenance,
On a broken wing
And a prayer,
Finally paid off!
The Master had come,
To single him out,
Strobe lighted,
At Twilight,
The dawn of enlightenment!

Shimmering waters,
Held up hopes,
Erasing patterns
That bound and gagged,
Knots that tightened
At every turn!

The frail flaps now
Surged with power,
As new life did empower,
Gaining momentum,
Gliding swiftly
Over understanding water,
And taking off
Into skies so blue,
To find all that was True,
Not in heaven above
Or one below,
But within you
In the quiet sanctuary
Beyond the mind!

The Master,
Switched off the lights
That had highlighted the shadows,
But strangely,
The light
Of Realisation,
Shone bright,
Glowing from within.

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Vidya Venkataramanan

SEPTEMBER 2023 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com

Vidya Venkataramanan is a homemaker whose dual passions are writing and exploring the finer nuances of self-realisation through philosophy and spirituality. After finishing her post-graduation in English Literature, she opted to get married and be a stay at home mom to her only daughter. While juggling the various duties of wife and mother, her first love, writing, was never far from her mind. She indulged this passion by writing short stories and a huge treasure trove of poems. Many of her poems have been published on various online forums apart from a book of published poems, co-authored by 2 like-minded poets. Apart from her passion for writing, she also nurtures her spiritual side by practising reikii and meditation.

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