Myself
A vessel with no essence of its own-Only when hollow can it hold the more.
As empty as I made myself,When I painted Shiva, Him I became.
In beholding the feminine,a woman I became.
In gazing upon the flowers,their fragrance I became.
As I soaked in this grace of emptiness,A thinking mind could ask: What about yourself?
The spoon steeped in the soup cannot taste it.So I became the salt-melting,Merging with the Cosmic Self.


Poem | By Shantrika



