O’ ye heart who will you love –
Thoughts in dope or people dear,
Or castles built in dream’s cove
Or bodies lured by lust’s steer?
“Objects of desire to remain
Chained by Love’s eternal rope”
Hold no thus belief in vain
Since naïve is all search hope.
Guiled by the mind you ponder,
As nothing can desires cage,
For people change, thoughts wander,
For dreams break and bodies age.
Be not led by worldly ways
Love’s a guise of grief endless
True love beyond desire lays
And true joy in selflessness.
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By Swetansu Mohapatra (Jul 2016)