The Path of a River

The Path of the River

The river we watch from the different spheres
of space and time afar
is flowing still
and silently.
The moon has waxed and waned
and vanished silently.
Women have offered gifts of light to the river
flowing silently.
Worshipers of Shiva know in their hearts ;
"Futile" is not what we say
when our prayers go unanswered.
The light we offer to the river of Shiva
is our answer in silence
that his marks are there
in the flow of the river;
the marks which show us
the path of the river
till the point it bends and disappears.
The lights too, will disappear and vanish in the breath of the wind.
Still, nothing is futile; it will be carried to the end.

1/8/2015