So Be It

Things happen one after the other

Some of these we don`t bother

A few torment the mind

Composure then hard to find

Allow things to blow

Always go with the flow

Nothing ever lasts

Everything disappears fast

Disturbances there will be

From discomfort always can`t be free

Knowing this grand plan

A speck in all this is man

To know if with the plan we flow

You can feel yourself in a glow

This we know from intuition

A deep seated inner vision

Be alert spot this feeling

Interpret its meaning

This a saving ability

Lifts one`s life quality

  

Life situations many

Health money hobbies chose any

Up and down they go

So be it let it be so

The crowning glory

When one is free from worry

Making way for the new

Gained by so few

The world spins and things happen

Bright serenity our only weapon

To keep at bay pulling forces

Steadfast in ones bases

Serenity like moonlight over the sea

Keeping this mindset is the key

A welling up of peace and harmony

Soothing as when bathing in honey

Dwell in this condition always

Do not be lured into byways

The richest person with such a treasure

No yardstick for it to measure

M P Prabhakar

7.1.2015

PJ

Tears of Joy

On board the City of Canterbury

Seven days sailing to Madras steadily

Western food always on table

Eating such bland food unable

Deck passengers rough it out

Cabins deep down humid and hot

Spending time on deck to seize

Chance to enjoy the ocean breeze

Andaman Nicobar islands halfway

Passengers to the railings make their way

A fleeting glimpse of land

A coastline with sparkling sand

Rough seas making ship rise and fall

Man overboard an alarm call

Making a wide slow circle

Waving man in water a miracle

Man soon disappeared under water

To make up time ship moving on

A sad day for all on board

In a rough sea disaster falling overboard

Off the Coromandel coast

Distant hills a welcoming view for most

Tears of joy shouts and clapping

Everyone happy and cheering

Approaching the harbor at night

On shore cars making their way in dim light

Ships anchor cast for the night

Passengers to disembark at day break

A long wait needing much patience

For immigration customs health clearance

At last left port with luggage

To a lodge near central station managed

A sleepless night with bed bugs giving us a fright

Entrained for Olavakode junction that night

An overnight train ride

Excitement hard to hide

To Puthiyamkom made our way

Visit to father`s parents to pay

Tears of joy all around

For aged parents their son now found

 

Our family thought lost in a fiery war

Seeing us again faces of relief they bore

At Nemmara teary eyed my mother`s family

My grandparents aunts welcome us dearly

Settling in to a rural setting

Lost family contacts remaking

My cousins relatives aunts

All seem happy with little wants

In Nemmara the next three years I spent

For a high school education bent

Needing a lot of thought and action

Another story for another occasion

M P Prabhakar

20.10.2015

PJ