Wednesday 19 November 2014

Health

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Give something healthy

To the body

To the mind

And to the soul

Everyday

 

Rule the taste buds

Never let them be

Your lord

You are not the body, are you?

 

Be the ring master

Lash your mind

To go through

The fiery rings of restrain

If a tiger can do that with flames

Is a human a lesser being?

Practice is the key

And knowledge is mind’s food

Be selective for the mind’s diet

It should listen to us

For you are not the mind, are you?

 

Select dawn and dusk

To be with the soul

Feed it with the soft hued sky

Don’t be surprised

If events made of words

Want to play as pranksters

Frighten, excite or annoy you

Let the belligerent words

Rise out of the blue

Let them jostle and fight

Let them raise a hue and cry

Let Paris elope with Helen

Let a Kurukshetra happen

Be the witness

Simply a witness

Keep a watch

For a long time

Be amazed at the power of words

But don’t you ever mingle with them

Why should you?

You are not words, are you?

Keep a distance

And see how one day

All these fizzy thoughts

Burst into nothingness

All the waves recede

Tranquility reigns

And omnipotent Dweller

Of the body shines


 Posted for Susan’s Midweek Motif~ Health @ Poets United

15 comments:

  1. Health s your depth of field, Isn't it? I love:
    "Be the ring master
    Lash your mind
    To go through
    The fiery rings of restrain
    If a tiger can do that with flames
    Is a human a lesser being?"
    and
    "Be amazed at the power of words
    But don’t you ever mingle with them
    Why should you?
    You are not words, are you?"

    And love everything in between until Tranquility reigns. Thank you!

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  2. Sumana -
    Our health really is ruled by attitude, environment and what we consume.
    Your words speak so beautifully of the truth of health.

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  3. Sumana, I needed your words this morning, especially about "the fiery rings of restraint". LOVE being with the soft sky morning and evening. Such peace evoked in that line. A beautiful write. You understand well-being thoroughly.

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  4. This is soooo beautiful.....

    "Select dawn and dusk
    To be with the soul
    Feed it with the soft hued sky

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  5. Thank You



    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°>

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  6. Being ringmaster is fine but you still have those tricky clowns playing tricks on you.

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  7. Control - is such a simple word but difficult to implement / follow. I liked how each stanza becomes a source of reminder to the reader..

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  8. healt is wealth as the old adage says and really its so true

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  9. Yes take control of your health, a great message.

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  10. You addressed the body, the mind, and the soul. Excellent. It doesn't do much good to only take care of one or two. Health for all three parts of being human makes for the best life we can have.

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  11. Indeed! So beautifully versed!

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  12. Well penned, Sumana. I enjoy your poems.

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  13. So many interesting thoughts included in the poem. I love lines about 'ring master', thoughts that that we are more than body, mind, words....then you use word 'omnipotent dweller' and I read the meaning and its goes deep.....though I love 'when body shines' being aligned within....

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  14. Yes, yes, yes. What a glorious prayer you have written. Amen to it.

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  15. Enjoyed this! It brought to mind the old adage: “If you don’t take care of your body, where are you going to live?”

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