villanelle: "through regions blurry"

Those who love me lend me darkness   when they go
this darkness is a gift   I learn to carry
it shows me things I else   would never know

time's river seems unending   in its flow
and yet they say   but a little time we tarry
those who love me lend me darkness   when they go

amid surface-life you'll feel   the undertow
I delight in leisure   though the world loves hurry
it shows me things I else   would never know

with the ants and flies   I sit and watch things flow
since antiquity   survival's made things scurry
those who love me lend me darkness   when they go

sages say   life's secret's in   the guru's toe
gurus chide   "be happy child   do not worry"
this shows me things I else   would never know

Atman from Illusion   how distinguish?   so
must our tale wander on   through regions blurry
those who love me lend me darkness   when they go
and it shows me things I else   would never know


[Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore]