I shall shut my ears, Meera

Meera,
When I read,
I read your eyes
with the eyes of the polite spirit.
And when I asked,
I asked you to feel
the feelings of the famine
from the past.

And then I passed,
I passed your stillness
to feel that peace
with retained ease.
And there I opened,
I opened at your (own) shade
the glorious moments of
poise and faith.

And soon I sought,
I sought by testing
the infinite test of experience.
Hence I yielded,
I yielded to the seduction
of brains and practice
from the dictated paths.

But there I stood,
I stood upright
As firm as a rock,
amid the havoc.
And Meera,
If you (still) want me to shut,
I shall shut my ears
to the melody of my heart.

But, remember
(though I shut)
I coded in my psyche
The melody that I heard
and the lesson that I learnt.