You lose all your happiness,
If bitter thoughts, you produce,
You gain sacred calmness,
By having only kind views,
If you control mind with firmness,
In life, you get what you choose,
Hatred if mingles with our holy blood,
Bed will not allow sleep to finely bud,
Head will be alive, but soul stands dead,
If your heart is empty,
How can bliss arrive?
If nobility had is plenty,
Heart will healthily thrive,
A serene mind is a bounty,
That via love you can derive !
M V Venkataraman