Thursday 4 November 2021

Monday, November 1, 2021

Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

Charm Boy

 

He is both menacing and adorable

His sweet innocence bars one from saying He's deplorable

For His babyhood charm is written all over His face

And whatever He does transforms that very space

 

That face is on Earth and beyond the skies too

His father and mother impose a well-meaning curfew

Yet He sneaks away at night under the moon

After plotting a rally of monkeys and friends by noon

 

The plot is to scout the neighbours' homes

And spot the butter stock like bees to honeycombs

There is success in the break and enter

It's obvious He is left, right, and center

 

He gets caught red handed by His mother

For His hands and mouth are moistened by thick, smooth butter

His mother decides He must learn a good lesson

She grabs a stick and starts a chasing session

 

But He's fast on His feet, with speed He goes

She runs and, due to fatigue, she slows

Tossing out the stick she manages to stop Him

From here on it may appear to look grim

 

But not so, she secures a rope to bind the boy

For both persons there's a mix of fear and joy

Mystically the rope of lesson and love

Cannot tie Him, frustrating her thereof

 

So He surrenders to her will of good intent

Convinced that her love is one hundred percent

He allows her to fasten Him to a mortar in the yard

For her it is not easy, in fact it is hard

 

In her absence He proceeds to pull rope and mortar

With ease he pulls down two trees in the back quarter

And from that fall appears two beautiful men

Bedazzled they are for what happened to them

 

They had been cursed by a well-known sage

For partying shamelessly, lowering guard and gauge

They now honestly feel a kind of liberation

And they credit the boy for such a relieving sensation

 

They were existing as trees for far too long

And now regained their original forms, so strong

There is a side to the boy that leaves us in wonder

Frivolous and yet helpful, we are left to ponder

 

Now who is this child with all this power

With skin blue and whose mother makes Him cower?

For many admirers and scholars He is a great subduer

Of miscreants, scoundrels, and a host of wrongdoers

 

He goes by different names–Damodara, Mukunda, or Krishna

If you call for Him, by any of these names, you'll feel that He's warm and that He has endless charm 

 

-Composed by Bhaktimarga Swami, The Walking Monk©

May the Source be with you!


 

 

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