Odyssey

ODYSSEY Glowing like a precious nugget Straight, taut and his bust thrusted out Head held high and eyes glittering As if gazing at a burning wick Looking like a possessed maverick He is carrying on his ceaseless walk The path is rugged and briary From distance the access road In a misty mirage shroud Looks like a blind alley But when he reached the invious end The thickets are clearing away As if he said ‘open sesame’ A jewel-hooded ophidian Following the steadfast pedestrian Like a crawling lightning Though not to his sentience Floating in air before his face Fairies with mystical grace Inveigling him to come close And immerse in their sensual embrace Piercing through the earth A thousand hands uncouth From abyssal depths Are trying to pull his legs And hedge his esoteric urge Long ago he overcame his five senses And conquered the six evil Nymphs His body is just his golden cage His soul, he well realized As part of His grand whole At last is all set to get a release It is too late for the mundane lures To intercept his unswerving forage Having waned under his waxing lore Nothing is going to stop his odyssey Nirvana, his destiny, is in proximity Sathya…..