Before you kindle a candke

Before you kindle a candle

P K Routray

Light you a candle

in church or temple

for enlightenment of your soul

or for some personal boons as your goal.

Light you also the candles for your celebration

or to remove the darkness in life with real wisdom.

Before you light there such a candle

light the lamps in the lives of people

with no cloth, no water, no roof for protection

living in darkness and dying of malnutrition and starvation.

“To see a smile on their faces” is the real joy of celebration

as in a human life “ To love and serve” is the divine mission.

The Almighty will surely love this love enkindled by you.

None can deny this as the real prayer and wisdom true.