River

I am a river
Emerging from the Himalayas
Passing through lofty mountains and hills
Dense forests and green fields
Sometimes, I pass my path
Being calm and quiet in plains
Raising up from the calmness to the rage
Like the daily chores of human life
I roar louder than the lion of the forest
In the wilderness of the lofty hills
Then I calm down and take rest
In the plains and the fields
Like the parents feeding the children
I irrigate their land and grow their crops
Playing with my children and grandchildren
In the cradle
Pulling and pushing the cradle like swing
I pass through this field to that field
Being a canal- now I am a passage
Hahaha- the laughter and smile
Playing and enjoying
With the blooming flowers and fruits
Of the green fields
Opening the joy from inside
My life is full of contrasts and complication
I am the waterfall, the attractions for many
I am the canal- source of livelihood for many
Plants and vegetation, human and animals
Life giver of all living things.
I am the horrendous floods and cause of landslides
I am the river and streams and waterfall and floods
Many forms, many names and many responsibilities
Of my life stages like human being
Sometimes, I am like a terrible terrorist
Destroying lives and damaging properties
In my youthful rage.
I am the parent
Irrigate and grow crops: rice and rye
Maize and barley, flowers and fruits
Home for the fish and amphibian
And sometimes, your entertainer:
The swimming pool and relaxing pond
Source of beauty of the greenery.
In my old age, I am calm again
Repenting my revolting days
Misdeeds and massacres of the past
I turned to the meditative stage
Being quiet and calm again.
In the contemplative music and chanting mantra
With past experience I am silent
I am calm, I am quiet
Before joining the vast deep infinite ocean
From here, I am no more river and stream
No more floods and canals
Ending the illusion of my physical form
Who am I?
My physical form?
Or the real me?
Who am I? River, streams, falls, canals…or the ocean.
Ocean is not the end my life
This is the continuity of my eternity
I am the vapour now- I am changed again
I am the cloud and rain and snowfall…
My arduous journey begins again
The ending is my beginning
The never ending path of my life
To the deep ocean
I am living in eternity.