A Black Out Poem by Dr. Madan Gandhi

Whizzing through clutter, confusion and obligations
we have not a single moment of mindless mindfulness
our continuous 'busyness' has robbed us all our leisure
leaving us lonely in a crowd to trip on a slippery slope

We have lost our roadmap and compass as we progress
from one portal of success to another until we are lost
in a blind alley hemmed by walls of despair and doubt
as if moving in a desert maze, caught in a black out

We have forgotton the art of seeing through the heart’s eye
the miracle of creation out of gratefulness of the most high
so selfish and mean that we no more choose out of love and sacrifice
to cut asunder the veil of illusion that have turned the earth into a hell.
(Yayati)