I'M 73 by Bhaktimarga Swami

 

13739583282?profile=RESIZE_584xI’M 73

 
Today I’m 73
 

What does it mean to me?

 

Another day –

 

What then to others?

 

People are sending messages

 

All kinds of kindness

 

They are – every day – kind to me

 

And I feel unworthy

 

Many gifts are coming

 

I have at least one to offer

 

To those well wishers

 

It is a drama revealing the very special

 

Narration of Krishna

 

Which unpacks the real strength of a person

 

Urging the individual to forge ahead

 

With no detour, straight ahead

 

On dharma’s path

 

Everything starts from that trail

 

The one of duty and obligation

 

Love/prema will come of its own accord

 

It requires time, our best friend

 

That is what birthdays are

 

Time measurements

 

Of patience until we get there

 

I admit I’m not ready for that

 

I’ll stay here for a while

 

I like what I do

 

I want to keep serving him

 

Our guru – Prabhupada

 

We know he’s not God

 

But is the greatest I’ve got

 

At his lotus feet

 

What fortune!  What privilege!

 
–By Bhaktimarga Swami

 

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  • Hare Krishna ! All glories to Srila Prabhupada ! Thank you , Your Holiness , Srila Bhaktimarga Swami , for your wonderful poem of great philosophical meaning and profound realization .
  • I love this! Very beautiful poem!
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