Guru

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Guru

A Sonnet

Barin’s Painting of Sri Aurobindo

Master, Teacher and eternal Friend
Thou the emissary from the beyond.
My deeps thou hast peered through
Seen all of me, taken it all to improve.

Thou had taken this humble coal
Touched by Thee for a greater goal.
Lovingly beaten by hammer and fire
Lashed by furies to its current attire.

Kneaded and goaded this ensemble
At thy grace my toddler self did tremble.
In which ages past and how I did gain
This path and thy presence’s boon?

This, and this alone I now ask of Thee
May I serve Thee for all eternity.