Stillness

By Ashwin Muralidharan

You are still like a statue…

People pray to you…

Trust you…

& Believe you…

You became their hope…

You are still like a painting…

They think you watch over them…

Protect them…

& Punish them for their sins…

You became their reason to live…

You are still like an adamant Idea...

For you, they invest in space…

Spend time…

And carry you in their thoughts, dreams, and hearts...

You became a sense of purpose to them…

You are still like a dead body…

Though they think about you, thank you and even sacrifice themselves to you…

You respond to them with silence and stillness…

Is it the stillness that made you a god?

Or is it the power of our imagination?

I wonder, If I can freeze my mind to stillness, can I become a God?

By Ashwin Muralidharan