Dr. C. Vijayan, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras

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Ode to Eternity

Addressed to Time, the fourth dimension

Horizons faraway resound
With Thy galloping horse-hoofs;
My timid heartbeats resound
With their mighty reverberation.


Thou advanceth with vigour:
Fast, non-stop, unrestricted;
Here, I watch thee and admire -
Dazed, humbled, dumbfounded.


Arising from the Past, unfathomed -
Where doze off a million centuries;
Advancing to Future, unforseen - 
Where await a million mysteries!


From the depths of space yonder -
Where quasars and nebulae wander,
To the boundaries ever so bizarre -
Where recede the limits forever!


Rising and riding and falling in vain,
As you tread on, ahead and away, 
OnThy path, I am but a sand grain -
Life is like a dream, so short, so subtle!


If only Thou givetrh me a chance -
To have but one quick glance 
At Thy glorius shining face
Hidden by the Upanishadic gold case*!


I am encompassed by dimensions -
By this mighty space-time abyss.
Oh! Raise me beyond illusions 
To Thy higher hierarchy of bliss!
* : "Hiranmayena paatrena sathyasyaapihitam mukham"
     (Eesavasya Upanishad)

C. Vijayan

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