The Golden Gate Bridge, California

Lord Krishna lifting Govardhana Hill. Photo from Tallenge Store

Homage to the rising sun above the mountain

Lifted up his burning spirit under the sun’s sky

Bestowed with a new sight

Served the Lord with all his heart and soul

And climbed the mountaintop.

Surrounded by the valley

Mirroring Lord Krishna’s youthful exuberance in the middle age

Yet his valor was not limited to fighting his demons

Lifting up Govardhana hill to protect people from flood sent by Indra

Echoing his role as an enforcer of justice and harbinger of enlightenment

But when supernatural adversaries attacked Lord Krishna

He rose to the occasion

Defeating demon King Mauru and his 7000 sons

For Satan couldn’t outwit him

How could they?

For the Lord is on his side; he will not fear

Despite weak age, his wisdom flourishes like a palm tree

And still bears fruit in old age

From his humbleness to his uprightness

He sows the seed of light for the righteousness

Spreading the loving kindness and truth

Is the Lord

Asking us to merely perform our duty

Without being attached to success or failure.

My lovely mother

In the mirror, I see my own image

Close to that of my lovely mother

Now is the time to create another face

And repair it from the ground

Charm the world like Shakespeare

Bless the mother with a womb

For hers is the baby

For whom she undergone a heavy pain

Thy mother’s love to baby is infinite

As the leaves fall and the winter begins

Mother’s love only grows to increase

Despite the wrinkles in her face

But if she lives longer than I

Remember me not

Die I shall single

And her image dies with me

The edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula, photo from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (NASA and STScI)

If only I can use my imagination

I’m saved by grace through faith

When the dreary winters besieged my body

And knocked me down into deep trenches

I found a way out crawling in my knees

Because my love of Christ surpassed all understanding

If only I can use my imagination

I can build a space elevator

Made out of carbon fiber

Transforming the relationship of humanity with space

If only I can use my imagination

I can move at the speed of light

When I am tiny in size

If only I can use my imagination

I can soar like an eagle

Seeing the beauty and tranquility to form peace

If only I can use my imagination

I can walk with the Lord

In the city of God

To capture the lost ring

To save the humanity from apocalypse

For he stops my feet from stumbling

And my eyes from tears

He has freed my soul from death

For the soul is eternal

If only I can use my imagination

I can use multiplication instead of addition

Because the light bulb is an invention of Thomas Edison

Who didn’t fail thousand times

But found thousand ways that didn’t work