This is for you.
This word is for you.
The thought behind this word is for you.
The feeling behind the thought behind this word is for you.
The devotion behind the feeling behind the thought behind this word is for you.
This is for you.
This moment is for you.
The memory of the moment before this moment is for you.
The anticipation of the moment after this moment is for you.
All the moments in a life are for you.
This is for you.
This song is for you.
The feelings that are described here are for you.
The experiences that evoked those feelings are for you.
The hands that wrote the song write for you.
The voice that sings the song is for you.
This is for you.
This food is for you.
The feet that walk the plough walk for you.
The back that bears the grain is for you.
The flavours that tempt us to eat are for you.
This is for you.
This world is for you.
The hands that heal and the hands that kill are for you.
The blood that binds and the blood that flows are for you.
The words of troth and the words of war are for you.
This is for you.
This nature is for you.
The birds that sing and the flowers that bloom are for you.
The seasons that change and the seasons that don’t are for you.
The heat and dust and wind and rain are for you.
This is for you.
This offering is for you.
Each word in this offering is for you.
Each day that I sit and write is for you.
Each moment that I struggle or wait is for you.
This is for you.
This is also from you.
I simply wait for you to give me
What I might give you back.
I am neither origin nor destination—
That too I leave for you.
So I am for you
An instrument for your thoughts and work
For your compassion and justice
For your way in the world.
And so this is all for you.
Namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaha.
Swarna
Chennai
October 3, 2003
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