.......but a shadow

me is but a shadow
impermanent yet immanent
nature’s son
given for a purpose
on earth.

breathing free
the air of life
I roam the earth
in search of a treasure rare
hidden somewhere in time.

a shadow I am
eagerly anticipates
my mergence
with the source
the light
the cause of my existence.

I am blocked in illusion
by the deluding maya;
am made to struggle to wiggle out
from the cocoon of worldliness;

I know one day
in the fullness of the divine grace
the curtain of maya will remove herself
and I the shadow will forever merge
with the cosmic fountain of love.