Eyes fully opened
Pitch dark all around
Nose so long
Feeling very light
Couldn't move hands
could only flap
All alone
Centre of the pond
Shouts out
But only a bugle
Looks down
Sees the reflection
Am I A CRANE ?
Unable to believe ,
trumpets loud to grieve
Voice from the SKY :
" O Sage , Why do you mourn ? "
"Why am I reborn
So forlon
Wanted to swim in the Ocean
of devotion
Now Stuck at the Pond.
No hands to offer you flowers
No voice to sing you hymns
Penance in animal form
Not the way to perform
Primodial Hunger
will kill my
Perennial Hunger
Life will be all whine
Death feels more Divine "
Voice replied
"Calm down
O' Sage
In the water , what do you see ? "
" My Reflection "
" You are not seeing
You are just looking
What do you see ?
Eyes Sharpened
Focus Narrowed
Something under the water
hiding yet gliding
Voice Said
"Catch it "
Tried but
Failed.
Catch it
to Catch me"
Round and round
around the pond,
Crane Flew
could not find
Eyes Closed
Circled again and again
Eyes Opened
With focus and force
Grazed the water
Head Bent
Long Sharp beak
Speared it
Before
it Could realise ,
crane swallowed it
yummy into the tummy
"OHH it was a fish"
the Sage in the Crane
cried loud
"killed a fish for my hunger"
Voice from the Sky
" How did I,
In my first avatar,
Save the cosmos entire? "
Crane thought
"By Being a Makshya(Fish)"
Voice Replied
"In Bliss, Fly high
Thou Penance, bakasana
Once a day
I feed you
myself
Enjoy the wait
Pray or Prey
Remember
Even Crane is Divine
If it Craves Divine
Makshya shall be
your only Lakshya "
Voice faded
Sun shine
on the Shrine
Not Only the Crane
Experienced
Padma in its nabhi
It also SAW
