The vivid colours and the beautiful sounds
Lure me, bind me to everything around
I stretch out and, with tiny fingers, grasp
Relatives and friends, so many to clasp
I hold tight to things infinite
Believing they belong to me, indefinite
So much gold and diamonds to mine
Working hard to make them all mine
Showered with your kind abundance
I still seek wealth with no reluctance
How patiently you bear our abuse
Making us, even the heavens, refuse
All glittering, catching our eye
Entrapping us and satiating the 'I'
So that we come back again and again
Seeking pleasure, even if laced with pain
The other worlds we do not know of
You blind us to them by giving all we ask for
Food, lands, wealth and fame
Making us want to make a name
A mirage that moves as we do
With temptations many, you woo
So that we return again and again
For they all look like a great bargain
We seek nothing higher or spiritual
In the garb of a mother but really the seductress
Smothering us with things, so we remain
Fulfilling our needs in your domain
Knowing all that we get is left behind
Yet we come back again and again
There are but a few who escape you
Seeking and finding themselves anew
Till our eyes open after a hard fall
And strive hard to ignore your call
To drop it all and seek liberation
Seeing you from far with veneration
I am wiser now, o mother mine
I revere you but have other paths to find
I loosen my grip so I may be free
Knowing it is all but a hazy dream.
