Valmiki the Poet
looked down into water held cupped in his hand and saw into the past.
Before he looked,
he thought the world was sweet poison. Men seemed to be living in lies,
not knowing where their ways went.
The days seemed
made of ignorance and doubt, and cast from deception and illusion.
But in the water
he saw—a dream, a chance,
and a great adventure.
Valmiki trusted the True
and forgot the rest.
He found the whole universe
like a bright jewel
set firm in forgiving and held fast
by love.
~Ramayana
looked down into water held cupped in his hand and saw into the past.
Before he looked,
he thought the world was sweet poison. Men seemed to be living in lies,
not knowing where their ways went.
The days seemed
made of ignorance and doubt, and cast from deception and illusion.
But in the water
he saw—a dream, a chance,
and a great adventure.
Valmiki trusted the True
and forgot the rest.
He found the whole universe
like a bright jewel
set firm in forgiving and held fast
by love.
~Ramayana
