40 years it is today,
Since this soul took abode
Within this body of a woman.
Reincarnated as many times,
As only divinity knows.
Yet how many more to go?
To that I humbly bow!
On this day that marks yet another birth,
Grateful I am, for all the mirth
That binds me to this life’s joyful misery!
Bless I, heartily on those who parted,
That’s when my spiritual journey started!
At Forty years I learn
Not to grieve or rejoice; for what I lose
Comes back in form another.
What I think I gain I lose to another in wither!
That’s why Krishna chose to laugh,
When every mortal cried at birth!
Took me four decades,
To say we are bound to one voyage
United solely by karmic bondage
sooner or later to sail away
from the urn called life
Love education family career
Passionately sought all those each year
Fully realizing that karma
Is the only baggage that remains
I shall reap what I sow
Today’s journey I must have earned from a class
Worthy of a karmic pass
I know some day this form too will end
To which I have no dread
Aware that I have been given the will
To pave my way for the next journey
And so on until I reach thee..