FOOTSTEP
Human life is very-short for learning,
Ocean of knowledge depth unknown,
Strewn at the beach wisdom jewel,
Picking lifelong beach still expands,
Footstep of wise humanity studies,
Unique manifestation in a millennium,
Peruse human footsteps call divine,
Peruse human lifetime still unfinished,
Names illustrious life as prophet monk,
Service to humanity message sacred,
Follow human footstep salvage in a birth,
Liberation to sure, serve suffering soul,
A critical test of life sprouts on pavement,
No food, roof over the head, clothes,
Disease visits, never keep for long,
Leave a weak body, leaves hungry,
Crippled lingers thousand soul sleep,
Sleeping on the footpath till midnight,
Wake up hungry body walking alone,
A stick, footsteps resound lonely road,
Barks dog running behind angrily,
Plight life faces, even dog senses,
Share leftover bread, paper plates,
Picks a dark spirit from a garbage drum,
Sleep on pavement dog sleeps near,
At dawn dog wakes up, not a life,
Footstep from road ended got still,
Surprised heart essence of birth,
Purpose of unseen Lord mysterious,
The ocean never a life could reach in life,
Ignorance, darkness covered a lifetime,
Where is God, doubt ever dying prayed?
Ever all merciful ocean of compassion,
Melted for limitless misery, His heart,
Puzzled, I thought, if God has a Heart,
Listen to destitute in pain, sick, hungry,
Sat quietly with tear probing in me,
The footstep of the prophet, clearly seen,
Buddha walked out of his kingdom,
Left wife, his child in the night,
Disturbed visualized death of old,
Observed closely, sick suffering,
Probed life for a lifetime, sought creator,
Found answer for life on earth,
Discovered ocean of knowledge,
Wrote footstep to be followed by,
Renounce dear soul desires of limbs,
Soul deathless, a traveler with a frame,
Built on elements of fire, water, soil, air,
Death is certain once born,
The body perishes, but sufferance is a game,
Own deeds reaping results to take birth,
Enjoy good deeds, pain for sins,
Lord exists, seen by the seer, unaware,
Unaware of the footstep of each human,
Each footstep causes action footprinted,
Footprint erases waves of time,
Found my answer, unseen Lord, I felt,
Whispers in silence, I was listening,
He was my conscience, showed footstep.
Life is a play, less get disturbed.
A footstep changes your life, be watchful.
@ Bijayananda Mishra
