HARVENDRA SINGH Biography

A Prayer in Darkness

In this world of uncertainty,
In this darkness, stark and impenetrable,
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Like the focus of an electronic torch,
Your rays bathe me in a steady glow,
Bringing globules of health, happiness, prosperity—
Love, success, and power flow.
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She is the shade of a tree cold and profound,
She is every herb to my aching wound.
She dabs my forehead, putting in her lap
And her lap's warmth gives me a cozy nap.
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Some dead are alive,
Some alive are dead,
And some are thoughtless.
Some graves under the tree of morality
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A whirlpool
And the spinning of the dead leaf,

For a moment, ecstasy, warmth;
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