For you..my inspiration!

I dreamt of a rainbow I could lay my hands on..

Its arched beautiful back beyond the far horizon

I swam steadfast in the deep blue sea

Encountering many a school of colour and splendour



Some friendly some wary some daring some menacing

All attractive and Scary.. I could not stop myself from playing with them all

We tided together through highs and lows, bristling between life and death

Enjoying the caresses of flora and fauna through the expansive waves



An elusive mirage, the horizon did I reach in vain

Mom, did you say I dare not look beyond where the rainbow shone

Since you knew I would never reach it, or,

In your wisdom, you knew everything came back in circles



Mom silent, I cut from her secure umbilicus

For my being demands that I live no longer on borrowed grey matter

I dread the moment when the huge wave took me by surprise

And I open my eyes into the deep blue sea and see the colors engulf my being


Searching beyond where it doesnt exist, how long would you waste

Lest you 'exist' being safe and sound but not 'live' through that every mile

Of what use is it in this life that is given on a short term lease

Come pay that tax of fear, hurt and misery


Be you, not what you are asked to be

Be your rainbow, may it not fade as a distant dream

Drink on life, not stop with memorising the verses of your religious texts

Be your GOD ..LIVE your own zen commandments!