Be A Lamp! ! ! Poem by C. P. Sharma

Be A Lamp! ! !

Rating: 3.9


Either be a lamp
Sitting at a place,
Emitting light beams
For swarming moths' solace.

Or be a moth,
Dance around the flame,
Forget your being,
Claim oneness with the flame.

Either be a forest,
Vast vividness embrace;
Lion and lamb live in it,
In diversity do their food trace.

Or be a seed,
Vast forest in embryo;
Get lost into the soil to see,
How does eternity mop & mow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Catrina Heart 03 July 2009

Such a profound piece shared! Symbolic one! ! !

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Yelena M. 05 July 2009

Every person to choose own path...Thanks for this introspective and wise write. Best wishes and keep on your path. A.

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rago rago 08 July 2009

simple and eloquent words to ponder on........ the poem make me not to sit and make me write write write.............

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Rup Pokharel 15 September 2009

I would prefer be a seed. NICE creation of yours. i liked it.10++

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Rachel Butler 19 September 2009

Or be a seed, Vast forest in embryo; Rachel Ann Butler

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Elizabeth Padillo Olesen 04 August 2021

I find this a beautiful poem with rich images that stand before our eyes. Good language and flow.

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 June 2019

Either be a lamp Sitting at a place, Emitting light beams For swarming moths' solace.........// superb poem penned be a lamp be a lighter be a lightened path be the guider the path be the the crown of the path be the rider of the throne be the love for all

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Superb lines composed like a song sir, Thanks sir

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Renu Kakkar 29 October 2016

A nice philosophical poem shows how to live for others.

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Bakuli Bhakali 20 November 2015

Well expressed! Be a lamp or be the moth! Be the forest or the seed constitute it thanks for sharing!

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C. P. Sharma

C. P. Sharma

Bissau, Rajasthan
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