This poem is from 1987, age 19. It describes the intense grief and pain of unrequited love. If you like this poem, you will enjoy my first book, Pain. Compare this poem to A Message to the Unknown Beloved (1984).
Disappointment
The Hour of Nativity
I wrote this poem in 1983 on my 16th birthday. Regardless of age, one can feel nostalgic about one’s childhood and long for a happier and simpler time. Instead, we are reminded of our own mortality. Compare this poem to
Bhakti
I wrote Bhakti in 1985, 17 years old. Bhakti is devotion to God, and the willingness of the devotee to surrender to the Divine One, the way Meera Bai did to Lord Krishna. Compare this poem to the desperate soul