क्षणभंगुर जीवन-खेल

समय के खेल में,
मुसाफिर सारे हैं।
मझधार में ही तलाशते,
जाने कौन किनारे हैं?
माटी से निकाले हैं,
माटी में फिर मिल जाएंगे,
क्यों फिर, यह बेसुधी के आम हैं?
क्षणभंगुर इस जीव-खेल के,
चुनिंदा विकल्प हैं, सीमित दायरे हैं।
कोई राजा नहीं, न कोई वज़ीर है
शतरंज में यहां, सभी जूझते प्यादे हैं।

Photo credits: Monika

Let’s meet in space beyond the right and the wrong!

The concept of space is abstract.
It is an internal quest.
It is mysterious and limitless.
We live in a space, trying to co-exist.
It is vague and hard to perceive.
Space lends everything its characteristics.
Water in nature prevails differently in space.
Similarly, in this physicality exists a duality.
In Space between us
Life’s dramas are staged.
Sometimes we are “too” into that place,
However, this, we fail to understand.
It is only when we distant ourselves,
We discover in all this,
A greater significance.
Space is fluid and ever-shifting.
At times we fail to observe our boundaries.
Sometimes, we encroach upon other’s space.
At other times, people seize it completely.
This dynamic spurs our conflicts.
We, as contestants, constantly,
Try to prove our worthiness.
Through this power-play, we express,
Our essence and our personalities.
The balance that our existence seeks,
Prevails in this awareness that-
It is, in this space,
That our entire life exists!
The tasks that we do are executed here.
There occur repercussions for our actions.
No one can own this space.
So, life is nothing but a series of interactions.

This time when we meet,
With extended awareness let’s greet.
Transcending time and place.
In this dimension,
For us, we hold space,
For me to treat you right,
For us not to fight.
For respect to prevail.
Together we need to ascend,
Beyond egos and judgements,
Beyond power and submission.
Beyond right and wrong…
In that space,
Let’s meet.
With safety and grace.
In each other we home!