THE WISHES OF MY HEART

THE WISHES OF MY HEART

O God! Let the thirst quenching Tube-well of my heart

Keep pumping out the water of pure love and selfless service,

That may be sweetly sipped and gladly drunk in many a draught,

That may be considered more useful than Jacob’s Golden Fleece!

O God! Let the generous Heaven of my heart

Keep raining copiously the showers of Mercy past calculation,

Only on the disadvantaged and deprived lives’ unprivileged desert,

To witness soon a curious growth of happy and luxuriant vegetation!

O God! Let the magnanimous heart of my Kalpavriksha

Keep granting the long unfulfilled wishes of the whole mankind,

As a benevolent Agent of God, fetch seas of smiles for all to find,

Blessing only the Upright and the Virtuous with sweet Moksha!

O God! Let the bottomless heart of my fathomless Fountain,

Keep sprinkling an endless joy for all to treasure and contain,

To forget forever the bitter bites of poverty, hardship and sorrow,

To march ahead with a torch of hope for a much better tomorrow!

Glossary:

Quenching – satisfying

Sip – drink taking only a small amount at a time

Draught – a single act of drinking

Generous – kind

Copiously - plentifully

Past calculation – which cannot be calculated

Disadvantaged - in need

Deprived – underprivileged

Unprivileged – lowly/poor

Witness – see

Luxuriant - flourishing

Vegetation – prosperity/happiness

Magnanimous - generous

Benevolent – caring

Upright – honest/just

Moksha – salvation

Bottomless - never-ending

Fathomless – immeasurable

©Shankar D Mishra [Sr. Lecturer in English, Internationally awarded bilingual poet & author 12 books including 2 Grammar books] 17.03.2018

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