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
The Hour of Nativity
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
An Invitation
I wrote this poem in 1985, 17 years old. This was a very spiritual phase in my life; I was inspired by the Christian and Hindu faiths on death and resurrection. Compare this poem to The Saviour (1983), offering redemption.