The Armor of faith
Scintillating the light from within,
I grew underneath the sun,
In the bosom of his hands
I spun with delight,
Almighty held me to his chest
And sent me to the universe,
A place with the absence of rest.
In the beauty of the moon,
I bloomed into a heavenly creature full of beauty and grace,
My heart had water and land under the green embrace.
Over time,
Before the very eyes of his starry climes
The world within me evolved
Blessed with an eternity of resources
Darkness and light convolved
The seeds of life were sown within me,
Existence seeping into my skin
Was sundered in three
Heaven, hell, and the place where alive souls lived,
The mortal earth!
Where humans, the most powerful beings took birth.
Lord Manu, the legendary sage
Was protected by a magical fish
Who outgrew every cage.
Disguised in the form of the water being
Was the preserver of humanity
Who saved the sage from the wrath of exceptionality
My lord rescued my spirit from surging under the sea
The first incarnation of the Lord Vishnu was engraved
On my heart, across the sands of Dee.
Centuries passed by
I saw the humans and beasts grow
And touch the sky
With the ticking of the clock
The Treta Yug marked the rise of a new flock
The malevolence of the demons exceedingly grew,
It was time to shine the benevolence of the true
Ravana, the demon-king sank his fangs deeper,
But as it is said
Raat hai toh savara bhi hoga
Hai safar toh basera bhi hoga.
It was time for the sacred divine to rise,
To liberate me from the evil ties
It was the heavenly intervention
Which had already decided to end Ravan”s contravention.
Lord ram was born at the break of the noon,
The eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu
Born To free my soul from the torment very soon.
Ramji married the girl that was found in my womb,
A girl who made flowers and buds bloom
She touched every heart with love and care
In the desert of brutality,
she was the oasis of fair
many desired the beautiful girl,
but she was born for the flag of justice to unfurl
lord ram won her hand
and took her to his land
unaware of their fate
they walked out of the palace gates
lord ram, Lakshman Ji and Lordess Sia entered their exile,
oblivious of the fact their life would change forever in a while
Sia was abducted by the demon king
Lord ram cried for his beloved enclasping her ring
He united the earth and the sky
Crossing the bridge,
Even the stars wanted them to reunite in the heavens high.
Lord lam reached Ravan’s city
Meanwhile, Lordess Sita kindled a fire to save her dignity.
I witnessed the battle of a lifetime
The sky was orange and the land was colored red
Many brave men lay dead.
In the last hour of the battle
The Lankan king displayed his ten heads,
Chanting his prayers, lord ram prepared his deathbed.
He fired the arrow that pierced his existence of immortality,
The king’s soul was released from the realms of mortality.
Lord ram reunited with his love and saved my very existence
Clutched in the darkness
From the darkness, I bloomed
In his reverence, I grew from the incessant gloom
Today at this moment
All I want to say is
This is my story
A saga of gloom and glory
I learned a lesson that I want to share with you
In the moments when you feel the world is ending
And your heart throbs with dejections and tears
Trust in the almighty and let your faith be bigger than your fears.

 - Hridya Sharma