Kenneth Maswabi
The Curtain of Life
There is so much hidden under this veil
But the Light of God sees everything under the heavens
It is not uncommon for people to bask in the delight of life
Totally wrap themselves with the silky blanket of life
Submerging themselves in the contents of life
And be lost in the thicket of life
Life is so sweet to the tongue
Even though sometimes it is full of bitterness
It is the magnetism of the earthly desires and aromatic tastes
That draws people to the deepest parts of life
Life is absolutely beautiful
Even though sometimes it is a place of sorrow
It is the wilderness of life that attracts our wildest desires
Throwing us into a hypnotic state of unawareness
Totally blinding our eyes, hiding the Light of God
Life is full of magical moments
This is the stuff that houses our inner beings
Filling us with the heavenly glory
In these moments, we are fully aware of our true selves
And we wallow in the glorious discovery of our inheritance
We are momentarily aware of the richness of the spirit within
We are momentarily connected with the deep ocean of our being
In these moments, we are truly free, happy and full of Love
We are at peace with ourselves and very far away from our worries
But this is a flicker of timelessness, the moment is decomposed
immediately we discover it
It becomes a glorious memory inside the vault of our minds
It becomes hidden inside the field of our misery
It becomes a distant glittering star, full of mystery
Yet, we remain hopeful of its return
Overtaken by our blindness
We fail to lift the curtain of Life and immense ourselves in the beauty
of God
We fail to open our hearts to meet our heavenly self
We are stuck in the traffic congestion of our own thoughts and emotions
Totally unaware of the dangers behind the curtain of life
Foraging very far away from our burrows (inner being)
We are trapped in our own illusions (ego)
Chasing after the pot of materialism
We neglect our innermost state of being, our connection to God
We find ourselves trapped in uncertainty, fear and hopelessness
The curtain of life too dark to allow the Light of God into our hearts
We pour ourselves on the contents of darkness
Selfishness and wickedness become our source of happiness
Totally clueless of our fate, we unknowingly enter the gates of evil
This is the darkest place in the whole of eternity
It is totally shielded from the Light of God
©Kenneth Maswabi
