MIRRORS ONLY LIE

Every time I look at the mirror

I am surprised by myself

I don’t see a proud warrior

But just my haggard old self

With wrinkles on the face

And a belly that runneth over

An old man doth gaze

Out of the mirror so clever

But I really do believe

that mirrors do lie, baby

and I therefore flee

from these mirrors, maybe

for mirrors do lie

and never capture me.

Mirrors are sly

and only reveal, maybe

the illusions of me

but mirrors can’t capture

My soul so bright

and mirrors can’t feel rapture

At my thoughts like light

Mirrors do lie baby

so don’t believe all that you see

your beauty or glamour maybe

just an illusion that deludes, you see

while your beauty deep inside

I can certainly never ever see

but only the pride outside

for mirrors only lie to me

By - Suri Ben Noah

29^th March 2014

THE HOUSE OF THOUGHTS

The mind is a dark

and dingy room

full of bright thoughts.

These thoughts thus

prop these walls

of the room

so full

of thoughts.

If you can

empty the room

of all these thoughts

then the walls

lose their props

and fall to show

the beauty

of the inner world,

which doth glow;

the ultimate reality.

The supreme

True consciousness

then unfolds

to reveal no vanity

which causes insanity

and showers bliss;

my true happiness.

Inspired by the words of Shri Ramana Maharishi which I came across at a young age,

"The mind is a bundle of thoughts

stop thinking and show me then

where is the mind"

These words set me on a path that has provided me great happiness.

TIME IS LOVE

Time is not money

it’s the sweetest gift of love.

Money never tastes like honey

to those who understand time

and time loses value

if it doesn't spread the love;

for God gave us time

to live only with love.

So for the love of time

so much sweeter than wine;

let us live to sup and dine

of that sweetest commodity

called precious time

which lasts forever until eternity

WE THE PEOPLE

We the people

are put to sleep

by our ego

and pompous

know it all attitude

while the selfish

and greedy thus

are awake,

looting us.

THE ILLUSION OF THE BAD

The world

is so illusory

that the good

nice guys

appear bad.

This is rather

quite unsavoury

while the bad

real bad guys

appear good.

BODY, MIND AND SOUL

Our body is formed with mud and dust

and houses the soul within

We are what we are cos of this earthly crust

and live in sin in this world of sin

Our mind is formed by our thoughts and breath

and together they must continue to remain

Until our body they depart on our death

and till then our body thereby they sustain

Our thoughts and breath are the two legs of our soul

and each one is dependent on the other

For if even one is imperfect we cannot be whole

and our body will then leave this form for another

WONDER WHY

Wonder why

some people hoard

Material possessions

of all kinds

Even worse

than hoarding gold

Is the hoarding of food

and clothes

As well as accessories

of many kinds

For after all

we can only wear

one dress at a time

Or can only eat

up to a certain limit

Or sleep

on only one bed

for the night.

But still we long

to keep

as much

as we can.

Is it greed

driven by selfishness

Or plain

stupid foolishness?

it looks like

these people

are not sure

and are driven

by fear

for they are scared

of losing it all

and know not

if their next meal

they will get

or another

new dress

they will

be able to buy

and that is why

people hoard

without getting

ever so bored