To Whom? -Poem-14 (My Life And Quest)
Let the mind be still,
Like a clear lake
Where no waves break.
Let the mind be still,
Like a clear lake
Where no waves break.
Two windows are there: one looks on to space,
The other on the world, both blurred by thought
Of I and mine. This stopped; now not a trace
Through that first window still was seen of ought,
And none to see, no seeker and no sought.
“There isn’t one, there isn’t one! How happy
I am that there isn’t one!”
A pretty children’s tale is found
Of how a lady slept spell-bound
Through time’s long night, till for her sake
A daring rescuer should break
Through many perils and with a kiss
Wake her to endless bliss.
Where the mighty river flows
A bleak, grey prison-castle rose
Wherein a lady dwelt, they say,
On whom a lifelong curse there lay:
Not to look out, not to go free,
Only a shadow world to see, Reflected in a glass.