1996-0000 Poem ‘On Rails of Fire (INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI)’ by Alla Kulkarni

On Rails of Fire
the Train of Life
Is rushing through
The country side
Through silent lands you go deep
Where joys and worries are asleep
And then in evening’s humble verse
You’ll hear the pulse of the Universe
The pulse of Love inside your being
The flow of Love the heart would bring
      Across the night,
      Across the day,
      Beyond the Time
      That flies away,
      And all the wars and troubles you cross
      To pour Love on the Universe. . .

The night is dark
When only Star of hatred
Lies on its Altar
But if you simply open your heart,
It’ll bring the world Another Light, so
Let your Spirit shine across
The battlefields of the Universe:
There is no force that is stronger than Love
All the weapons melt in the Fire of Love . . .
      Across the night,
      Across the day,
      Beyond the Time
      That flies away,
      And all the wars and troubles you cross
      To bring Peace to the Universe.

The winds of hatred, the snow and rain
They cannot stop or slow your Train
The life might want to hit you hard
But There Is God inside your heart!
And if you want to help the world
Become a flute in the hands of God
And let the melody of Grace
Just flow freely through the space
      Across the night,
      Across the day,
      Beyond the Time
      That flies away,
      Beyond empires that fall and rise

      TO TURN THE EARTH INTO PARADISE . . .