Welcome to my heart

'Welcome to my Heart' is an inspiration from my travels, some great experiences of learning, interactions and understanding of diverse cultures and appreciating their blossoms. Even more, I have always felt quite at home wherever I went and had the feeling that we are all one family and each of us can be a rich source of human enhancement. This free verse is my grateful tribute to all the wonderful folks who have nourished my life, some as role models, some as friends and relatives and some even becoming-like my own kith and kin. There are no borders and boundaries for me because these magnificent people accepted me as one of them. Humanity is a garden of blossoms; fragrance, colours and honey are in abundance there and we must bring them into our heart.

Welcome to my Heart
And its honey-laid core
To share God’s blessings
Of love and compassion

Sweetly stored in nectar
Collected far and wide
From blossoms of culture
Of nations and people.

Inlaid in each chamber
Are artifacts of joy
Gathered in the spirit
Of human enhancement

Essenced in interactions
With communities of folks
From nations and lands
Around the world our home

Though rooted in habitats
We amble and meander
In gradual evolution
Thru great civilizations.

Truly we are blessed
By rivers and streams
Ganga and the Indus
Euphrates and Tigris
Yangtsekiang and Nile
And many Golden Ages
Throughout the world
That enriched our kind.

When we act together
And relate to each other
We bring to our hearts
And its many chambers
Civilizations’ spirit
Its soul and psyche
And rich understanding
With perceptions of peace.

Welcome to my heart
And its honey-laid core
Garnered and chambered
From many, many lands
With joy and happiness
Precious and prized
From one human family
Shared lovingly by all.