Effulgent image

Effulgent image

December 1997

By Bharati Ramachandra

Mute voices float unheard
Blurred visions swim unseen
A silent, subtle, sacred light
Awakens me within.

Strains of magic music echo
My soul leaps to dance
My being perceives a harmony
And clasps it in its arms.

All rays of light converge within
And split in myriad spectral glows
I reach toward each solitary spark
And waken, to know.

Chiming bells herald the dawn
In the clear waters, the swan
Beholds its perfect, effulgent form
And wonders at that image divine.