ARRIVAL : The songs of the soul

Swathi Raj
Resistance Poetry
Published in
2 min readMay 22, 2020
Photo by Danny Mc on Unsplash

Set foot in chaos, in the mundane,
this suffering, carnal, selfish doom,
what is your moral soul doing here?
Pain; from solitude, from ignorance,
from memories, from expectations.
Can this pain be stopped forever?

Seeking love, seeking pleasure,
seeking money, fame, and lust,
faking love and faking goodness,
why is your selfish self still unleashed?
Waging wars, wreaking havoc,
arrogance and vileness personified,
behind this lying, cheating, callous form,
why is your moral soul still in chains?

The stars shine for you, rivers flow,
trees and beasts live and die for you,
earth rotates, seasons change,
men toil and women starve, all for you,
yet, apart from your worldly worries,
do you even care for any?
You preach love, you practice lust.
You preach kindness, you practice violence.
You preach virtue, you practice vice.
O’ mortals of flesh and blood,
why is your immortal soul still silent?

Breath now, my dear friend,
accept the monster in you, confess all his sins.
When your sins are equally mine, and mine yours,
let us confess our sins together,
and leave this miserable life behind.
When the ignorant fight their petty wars,
let us get ready for a ramble in paradise,
O’ moral soul, will you be ready to take over?

We have shut our dooming thoughts,
surrendered our armors, and buried all desires,
ready at your mercy, here we stand,
O’ moral soul, come live in our hearts!
Will you spark the fire in us;
to light up the sun, the moon and the stars,
and illuminate the whole of world in us.
Will you fill the love in us;
that flows from your core, pure as the fire,
and nourish our hearts with care and warmth.
O’ moral soul, please unleash yourself!

The darkness has disappeared, dawn is here,
and the holy communion begins now.
No more wars, no more greed,
No more claims for an unfair share.
Let us eat and sleep and live in peace,
and silently be the beacon of our souls.
Let us shine, let us shine, let us shine,
let us shine with the light of the immortal flame.
Let us flow, let us flow, let us flow,
let us flow with the spirit of love in our hearts.
O’ moral soul, you’ve finally arrived.

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Swathi Raj
Resistance Poetry

Trying to bridge the gap between my inner thoughts and outer expressions.