THE PRABHUPADA CONNECTION

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

Golden Dawn ;

Alas, we're drowning deep
In waves of colored hue,
Raging winds and thrashing gale
Doth blight all reason true.

Tongues of fire licking flesh
Hell in all directions bound,
Scores of fallen angels
Bleeding stains upon the ground.

Madness, death and courting friends
Do rule this land below,
The nether regions manifest
Upon unsaintly brow.

No hope, no chance, no remedy
Salvation fled in fear,
Age-old human comedy's
Familiar laughing sneer.

And rows of dead, rising up
To punishment deserved,
Just to fall again to dust
Only mammon served.

Amidst this night of dread and fear
Our mindful Lord did send,
A rare and precious jewel of light
All broken dreams to mend.

Prabhupada -- the Lord's dear wish
To ignite the darkened soul,
Pouring immortal nectar sweet
All cups to overflow.

Our vessels full and lips still moist
Shall we now begin our task,
To spread his mercy everywhere
All souls rejoice at last!

In Honor of Srila Prabhupada
(by Padmapani das)
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[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

I was surprised you published the poem.  No one ever gets it.  I wrote it in Cairo in one fell swoop of inspiration.  No thinking process involved.  It just came out like that, only one or two changes.  In fact, the poem is actually longer but I cut it down for brevity's sake.  Most devotees can't make much sense of the first verses especially:  Alas though drowning deep in waves of colored hue" refers to the three modes of material nature.  The other imagery is from what I experienced in life growing up and see the real state of the world without rose-colored glasses on.  Anyway, most devotees think it's too heavy.  Oh well, I didn't write it anyway!  ;)  Thanks again.

- Padmapani dasa

 

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

Our middle name around here is "heavy", so dont worry about that! ~(>,' )