Four (And A Half) Poems On Nothing

You think once sober You think once drunk And you think the third time past the hangover at nine o'clock in the morning In between nothing has happened (1) IN VINO VERITAS (A) The night of the last Christmas He lied that he was with nobody He was with himself thinking about what lies behind the ultimate truth Is there any such thing? ? He thought and thought and then drank eight shots of tequila in seven minutes The blood and mind both got corrupted in a few minutes And he went back to his daydream of an encounter with a being who had the answers of his most profound questions.... [BY VIRTUE HIS GUIDE WAS A WOMAN] 'Why me? ? ', she asked..... (B) So he wenr for a walk at evening to meet his friend THE PROFESSOR They talked about the being of nothingness and the nothingness in the BEING They concluded that nothingness' being must be fascinating And dragged themselves to death by Alcohol... (2) BRAMHAN AND HESITATION The Saint asked his pupils WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF LIFE? ? Most feared the wise SAINT and remained silent... But for Sunaina She said LIFE, GURUDEV, IS THE LIE BETWEEN TWO TRUTHS - BIRTH AND DEATH The SAINT smiled and told her YOU HESITATED (3) THE TRAVELLER AND THE SUPREME BEING Once upon a time a TRAVELLER curious about what happens after death killed himself to open the portal of THE OTHER WORLD There beyond the weeds and seeds of life the TRAVELLER met the SUPREME BEING... are you the ONE? THE SUPREME BEING NODDED IN AFFIRMATIVE AND GAVE A SMILE did you make us? "YES" said the SUPREME BEING I HAVE MADE YOU AND YOU MADE ME i made you? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I MADE YOU AND BY MAKING YOU I MADE MYSELF (4) BEING AND MISUNDERSTANDING(S) So we all have been there Here in a place between sense and nonsense from where all meanings are formed. There is a puzzle - a labyrinth that was created by a FOOL on the first day of human existence, Another FOOL copied it down kept making copies on a million of trees until he died.... Only one ancient tree survoved there was written ALL OUR SOULS ARE LIKE FISHES AND BODY WATER THIS YOU MUST KNOW AND NOTHING ELSE .... Centuries, or maybe a few minutes past when a YOUNG SAINT curious for finding the universal transcendental truth arrived at the PLACE there he perched and began meditating under the Ancient tree For one hundred and seventy years the Young Saint remained in meditation chanting MA FALESHU KADACHINAM KUN FAYA KUN (Work, don't bother about results/ Be, and it is) And on the first day of the 171st year, A young boy found the skull of the Young Saint And upon looking up he saw THIS YOU MUST KNOW AND NOTHING ELSE.... Souren Mondal February 20,2016