But Who Are You?

By Pallavi Krishna

I once wondered how I spoke and sang

Who am I when no one’s looking?

Like a bell in my head a thought rang

What is it that I am seeking?

Many a whimsical desire

Shadow the surface like a beautiful art

Fighting a battle of bias

Mind lost to the depths of my heart

Eyes calmly shutting down the light

Like a leaf softly falling to the ground

Forbid the world one sound to quiet

Set on a journey to be spellbound

Like setting free an army of might

My breath carefully took charge

Witnessing the power to lose foresight

The trance and the present enlarged

There opened a world in that moment

With its light so immense and void so diverse

A place where you are neither a visitor nor inherent

Just you – You are the universe.

By Pallavi Krishna