A Morning Prayer to the Almighty

a poem by Sudarshan Madhav Karhale

Bless me,
every early morning,
oh dear mighty Sun Lord,
with the merry sunshine of lasting happiness;
take away my withering sadness,
blow away the shivering darkness.

Shed upon me
a little warmth of your generous love;
incinerate the fearsome shadows
in the raging flames of your ‘forever-burning stove’.

Take me through the narrow path
lit with the bright torches of undying knowledge and worthy wisdom,
penetrating through the overgrown thick forest of
prevalent illiteracy and pervading unrealism.

Let me see clearly
through the dense mist of endless thoughts;
bring me the inner peace,
ceasing the mindless chaos upon myself that I had wrought.

Hold my lonely hands,
walk with me slowly,
more closer to my final destiny;
freeing me from the enduring pain,
from the gruesome agony.