Looking Down

Looking down at lightened villages

from 35000 feet above the sea

takes me back to the narrow streets 

where I once played Pithoo game

where I knew every shopkeeper’s name

where my childhood grew over years

and disappeared into adulthood fears

Looking down at fire in the forest

from my office in the air, the best

takes me to a place inside

where I can see my inner light 

tangerine, yellowish and bright

like the flames rising high

from the green dense jungle

making me stumble upon

the fire inside my belly

making a perfect tally

Looking down at the ocean

filled with lighted fishermen’s boats

takes me to the beautiful illusion

of sky being upside down

flying over the land of stars 

brightens up my gloomy heart

I am floating on the clouds

my inner voice shouts aloud

“Thank you Almighty 

for making my life extraordinary.”

Looking at the star shooting 

in front of my windshield 

is not less than a miracle

it’s a God’s message 

given by an oracle

Venus blooms on my window

Crescent moon bestows

her calmness and grace on me

Pole star guiding me on my journey

Journey to nirvana, renunciation 

to the process of demolition 

of I, myself, me and mine

where only you are find

where only you are find.

©️Priya Jain