Captivity
Or Setting free in the light of Eternity
(The poem is a sudden outburst of momentary realisation. It is neither religious, nor philosophical.)
“Lock up your liberties if You like ; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of your mind”. --- Virginia Woolf .
I’ve taken an oath today to set my mind free,
From all ties of the world, in reality solely ,
I live in a self designed-captivity of ignorance.
The earth itself makes a gift of all
That I’m in need of, without asking for return.
There’s the light, light and light rains down
From heaven limitless ; yet in dark I remain .
Pride and prejudice and an evil thought of ‘Self',
Rites and rituals, in vain I’ve pursued, in vain .
Light of love I had, in me, boundless,
But a sense of mortal pleasure darkened
My conscience. Now, let there be light ;
May it be the End ; yet, that’ll burn out,
What, in me – transitory, ephemeral.
Only when infinite Light weds the finite thought,
May be free from sensual propensity
And live eternally in the light of God.
Dulal Ch . Bandhopadhyay
22- 02- 2022
Bangalore .
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