The Communion

     

 
                                                      The Communion

                    1)     To me more real thy visionary form

                          Than all these earthly tempting charms

                          Above these fickle earthly passions rude

                          Above these changing conventions crude

                          My soulful feelings shared thy every part

                          Though far above--thy airy blissful heart

                          Not less because I missed thy body sleek

                          Not elevating my soul to caress thy cheek.

                 2)     A bond betwixt my body and thy soul

                    Let me be divinified by thee, my final goal

                    Brighten my soul with thy eternal shine

                    Dissolving the mist of egoistic mine

                    Whenever I feel the blows of time, I choose

                    To fly to thee, my lovely guiding muse!

                    Thy world above our wavering glee

                    So happy art thou, unfettered and free!

               3)              To me more true thy shining vision

                   Than this gross world of illusion

                   Blessed be my life by interfusion of thy light

                   Transform my wavering vision with thy spiritual sight!

                   No earthly boundaries our loves confine

                   No sensor to measure thy brilliance fine

                   My bosom throbs to thee, Life-infusing Sun!

                   No words express our holy communion

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Note:  I am inspired to write this short poem after reading the love sonnets of the great metaphysical poet, John Donne (1572-1631) who uses very subtle and surprising images ( called conceits) to drive home his intensity of passion in his colloquial style. In Elizabethan times many other poets also tried to show the chastity of love glorifying it to the love of God untarnished by earthly selfish passions. But John Donne praised both earthly love and also metaphysical love so boldly that he defied even time-bound barriers by his powerful imagery. In later times Robert Browning (1812-1889) adopted the same vein in some of his dramatic monologues. For example Browning’s poem “The Last ride together” shows his typical approach to love with his optimistic outlook and spiritual attitude. I have not used any striking imagery but in my humble way followed the argumentative style of the great metaphysical poet to some extent.

The title “The Communion” carries a spiritual undertone just like the communion between saints and God, or the typical Biblical scene of Jesus Christ with his beloved apostles during the Last Supper.

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13th April. 2014                                                     Somaseshu Gutala