Touchstone

Time and again

I have been feeling

The inadequacy and absence

Of something in me

That could really glow!

For many a year

I searched and groped

For that eternal truth

But did not know

Where to go

To find that glow.

One day

A glimpse of radiance

Of an unknown ray

Stirred my thoughts

Dazzled my vision.

It was that glow

That emerged not from

Stones and metals—

Expensive and precious

Nor was it from

A rich man’s pride and status

I found confidence

Born of knowledge

The spark of which

Never does extinguish.

Then I thought

Of the joy of creation

That was so latent

In my blood and veins

In my love and emotion.

The last but the best

Which I have learned

Is nothing but the Truth

Yes,  the Truth itself

So Confidence yes                        

Knowledge of course

They are so nearer to life

And its safest guide

Giving birth to a child

Is so heavenly a bliss

And is my long-lost dream.