India, My Love: A Collection of Poetry
By Jay Kotek
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Indian democracy has been undergoing reforms since 1947, but it has failed so far to address the basic social, economic, and political aspirations of the people at large. Many real facts have been covered up or distorted, and the mainstream media, along with many intellectuals and historians, often remained silent on most matters related to social justice.
Expressing a vivid egalitarian outlook as critical to correcting these flaws, author Jay Kotek presents India, My Love, featuring ninety-five poems based on his life experiences and portraying the way that political, historical, social, and philosophical aspects of a nations events imbue an individual with power through the formation of a rational thought process. Kotek shares his inner journey to the wilderness in his attempt to pursue the truth of existence, blending mysticism and realism. His verses display an ardent desire for a renaissance to occur within the mind of every Indian, leading to the achievement of the goals of social justice and the preservation of the pluralistic nature of the great country of India.
This collection offers poems from an unusual perspectivethat of a sincere Indian dreaming of a reformed, free, frank, and strong India.
Jay Kotek
Jay Kotek hails from South Parador, a coastal town in South India. He was on the trail of mystics, and thus his life remains as an endless journey. Though started writing at very younger age,he didn't make any attempt to publish but later some of his friends compulsion made him to go for publication. He studied in Sainik School Kazhakootam, then later did his Bachelors in Mathematics from Kerala University.
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India, My Love - Jay Kotek
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Contents
Mystic Journey
Pain in My Heart
My Love
My Search
When I Miss You
You and Me
Union
Search for Love
All for Me
Submission
Love
Fear
Bodos
Flame of Love
You Are My Rainbow
Grass Grows
First Love
Woman Who Loved Me
Childhood
Cup of Tea and God
Mother
Atheist
Drought
Orphans
CK the Legend
Motherless Child
Motherly Touch
Nature
Spring Arrives
Beauty and Truth
Acceptance
Liberty
Song of Love
Way to Prison
My Beloved Ones
Death Becomes Bliss
Pangs of Freedom
Reformation
Human Animals
Panchamas
Dream
Esoteric Vedas
Holy Cow
Execution
Let Us Be One
Madrasi
Dyke
Ram Lalla
Racism
Mask
Freedom in Democracy
Missing Dialogues
Floral Tribute
Freedom, a Myth
Scaring Game
Longing Child
Oh, My Brave Son!
Security
Pseudo-Compassion
Double Standard
Democracy
In the Apple Yard
Tyranny
Rebellion
Politicians, in an Indian Context
Peacekeeping Force
The Wars for Peace
Comrade Nixon
Hidden Truths
India Divided
Hey Ram
Travancore Maharajahs
Samadhi
Kumara Guru
Women of 1830
Forgotten Evangelist
Kabir
Varanasi
Taj Mahal
Grace
Endless Love
Paradise Regained
Homeless
Touch of Invisible Hands
Being Grateful
Missing Pragmatism
Life or Religion
Bread and Wine
Hardware and Software
Satanic Forces
Life Flows
Ultimate Journey
Believe or Realise
Random Thoughts
Chant of Brahma
Paradox of Beauty
Golden Shackles
Song of a Trance
Weird Is the World
Quest
Renounce or Rejoice?
Permanence
Nihilistic and Absolute
Reason and Trust
Dichotomy
Endless Dance
Abstract
I dedicate this book to the people of Moline, Illinois. Their affection and inspiration nurtured me and strengthened me to overcome all my impediments so this book could become a reality.
Mystic Journey
Pain in My Heart
The soothing touch of loved ones,
when trying to express it in words,
turns into a melody and echoes within
like a lark's note in a joyous mood
spread in the meadows and valley.
Yearning to meet the Beloved,
the dream arises,
surging the joy hidden
in the unknown depths of the heart.
When you were near and closer,
in a hug where your heart beat was felt,
a hidden gap, a subtle vacuum sustained,
making our love so deep.
Words shared never take us deep.
To feel your innerness, come close to me.
Let me feel the fragrance of you,
the music of your heartbeat
where my lips can paint the beauty,
the unknown contours, with colours.
And when we can feel us as one,
a rhythm in harmony, a melody, remains.
Silence pervades within a merging moment.
All partings remain painful,
the reason beyond our perception.
Mystery makes us believe fate.
God Almighty hid the facts,
and still we call him the truth.
Can we call him our hope?
When the mind is calm and serene,
perhaps mystery is revealed with grace.
It expounds the care within my heart,
taking this world as a dream,
a virtual presence transient,
witnessing the experience
unattached like a heartless stone
where pain remains in a subtle form,
arising from an unknown corner
as sweet memories never erased.
My Love
My eyes were blind
and ears were deaf.
Irrelevant talk of my foolishness
was my nature.
I learned my blindness and deafness
were an outcome of my ignorance.
Trust taught me to love;
love taught me compassion.
When I searched for you,
I couldn't find you
but felt the emptiness.
In that emptiness, your grace filled me.
You let me walk over,
and my food was your being,
and you pervaded every atom around me.
I felt your unknown hands caressing
and your love healing my wound.
Hold me close to you
even if I go astray.
Spare not my hand from your hold,
where I become a servant, a lover, a friend
of all your creations.
My Search
"Truth always exists,
so as providence is compassion,
and as beauty, infinite love."
I heard the voice speaking to me.
In my search, I went,
wandered around the universe,
a particle blown in the cosmic current
on a journey to realise.
Then wisdom crept into me
as a question
that needs an answer in silence,
with no utterance but absolute perception.
Am I the prodigal son?
The squanderer,
who is loved forever
and is the lone heir
who inherits the universe.
I kneel before you
not in fear
but with absolute acceptance.
My beloved, my wholeness,
the holy one of infinite love,
hold me in your arms.
Your touch purifies
the venom deposited in me
from all ego, pride, and ignorance.
Let love prevail.
Behold, the ways are unknown.
Perceive that only light can guide.
Truth, providence, and beauty,
the trinity --
I learned the content of every wave
that exists as the absoluteness of love.
When I Miss You
When dark clouds covered the sky,
I missed my polar star.
I used to gaze at the stars at night
as the dark sky lit up by stars
weaved my dreams
with the threads of solitude
entwined in coloured thoughts,
spreading many rainbows within.
Your absence brought a tinge of pain,
took away my joyous moments.
The words of solace echoed
like the lark's song,
tore the silence apart,
flashed the light on my path.
No winter prevents the spring,
no clouds cover the stars forever,
and no form remains eternal.
Life remained a mystery.
Often I pondered,
Who am I?
Why I am here?
Unanswered questions
like thorns penetrated.
No matter who won or lost,
I fell in love with all.
It taught me to fill my heart with love;
it heals wounded hearts,
reflects the beauty within.
To move in this vast world,
let the brightness lead me ahead,
where I learned to wait in patience
to experience what was missing,
the sojourn of my search,
for the journey to my inner self
that unveils the joy, wholesome.
You and Me
I feel the subtle bridge
that existed between you and me,
a consciousness within a body
that dwells within the macro cosmos
like a bubble in an infinite ocean.
The thoughts of existence,
struggles for survival
pertained to the bounds of time.
The solitariness of empirical trances
tends to build the link --
a virtual, momentary occurrence --
but brought tears of joy,
realising your grace that wraps
and throbs in every atoms nearby.
The truth is
everything that I am
exists in transcendence
where my entity sublimates,
which makes a node of your vibes.
Union
Love