2009 Poem ‘A thank you to a sister’ by Walter Lerchner, U.S.A. from the Book ‘Poems of Love and Seeking’ Pages 21 to 24

You bow to me
I bow to you

With rays of love your bandhan is engulfing me
Mother Kundalini streams with joy

What cleansing flow
What cooling wind

The lotus opens
Fragrance pure and innocent
flows down on me – reflects on you

The kumkum silences my thoughts
While the rice poured with such devotion
touches my Mother’s feet
As she dances full of happiness
Dances in the center of the lotus
Dances – blessing me & you

You give a string which binds me now
in love to you – but wait!

It binds me not – it frees my heart
Pouring out its love without a need
Without a quest, without a want

There’s something I want to say – but the
sweetness of the candy keeps me quiet
lets me enjoy the moment

I bow to you
You bow to me