Birthday
Blessings
by
Lavanya-mangala-devi dasi
blowing birthday wishes across galaxies of realities
to your blissful interlude of existential modalities
a season for celebrating your congeniality
a reason for contemplating your devotional mentality
unfurling spools of silver streamers in spurious capacity
while yogis meditate in Satya forests with pristine solemnity
the champagne of your vintage spirit sparkles with vivacity
the child in you falls through autumn leaves with sheer audacity
floating back to Goloka on vimanas transcending time and locality
flying high on the laughter of Nityananda's enchanting totality
showering mercy flowers and elixirs of vitality
distilled from rare herbal wild lands to heal your mortality
sprinkling glitters of garnet, pearl, sapphire and diamond confetti
to adorn the head of one regulated by morality
spinning golden filaments of dream-infused crystalline candy
to awaken your taste for the Absolute Truth's veracity
adoring the twinkling jewels of your intellect's sagacity
extolling the virtue of this life you've passed so rapidly
wishing your soul might sip its nectar of eternal identity
as the memory unfolds of serving your source of supremacy
mad bees hover around the creamcakes celebrating your religiosity
murmuring sacred mantras above the aura of your genuine bhakti
fanning your fleeting earthly sweetness with flames of pure proclivity
to surrender birthdays,work, disease, death and gross festivities
for everlasting vast personal potentialities
in the realm of unadulterated loving spontaneity