Choices
By Ketaki Mazumdar
 

I understood.

You spoke in a language of creation,

In amazement, wonder and awe….

The hurtling meteors were a visible warning.

The alignment of planets and stars spinning effortlessly

were beyond my comprehension or control

They were Your doing…

I understood.

You whispered comfort too,

Wrapped a cape of studded sparkling stars

Of myriad shapes, colours and intensity…

My shoulders were draped in promises….

Hope embroidered on dark velvet…

A moving galaxy of celestial harmony…

A milky way, the sun, moon and planets…

Shooting stars, comets and dark sinister holes.

Energy of mystical truths in the humming of a wonder.

You gave me choices to believe or disbelieve…

Accept or discard the light and shadow of infinite magic.

You spread a sky full of paths

Spinning out of nothingness

Promises of hope,

Knocking gently on my soul…

Journeys of infinite magic.

You spoke a language I understood,

To believe or disbelieve…

You gave me the choice…