Poetic RenderingThe waves of this ocean of worldly liferise and crash, dashing against my very face.Tell me where is its shore?Tell me where is its depth?When its furious waves have…

Poetic RenderingLike an oyster lying open in the vast, restless sea,I watching, exposed, helpless in my longing.For without You, I cannot form this pearl within;Only You can enter as that…

Poetic RenderingWhen a flood rolls forward with fortune on its back,the lakes beside it brim to their edges.What belongs to another remains theirsnot even kings or clans can claim its…

Poetic RenderingWhen the senses surge and rebel,can they shake the one anchored in You?When the world storms with anger,can its clamor break the spine of truth?Would anyone place a tender…

Poetic RenderingHailstones fall glittering from the skyhard, dazzling, pretending to be jewelsyet the moment the sun touches them,they melt into mere water.Wax stands firm in its borrowed shape,but when the…

Poetic RenderingWhen milk flows freely in the village stream,why should the calf hide to drink in shame?Why barter grace for greed,bow to thrones for a coin?O Koodalasangama, Your presence overflowsin…

Poetic RenderingMy gain and loss are Yours,my rise and my ruin are Yours,my honor and my shame are Yours.Like a fruit ripening on the vineonly by the sun’s grace,so does…