Hein Min’s poem explores universal energy, questions nothingness, and encourages acceptance of existence’s interconnectedness. It uses metaphors like water and sea, exclusively for Different Truths.
The cosmic energy that combines us all
in a harmonious mixture
Why would you seek the being of nothingness
beyond eons,
in the refuge of nirvana,
while your multi-layered form remains
unconsciously relating
to the karmic elements of the mystic universe?
Such integral twins
in a compatible divine relationship
Are you sure you can renounce clinging
threads and hard strings
that generate the crescendo of our beingness
and unify the meaning of what we are for?
O Man, why leave home
while you exist in a constituting drop of water
fused into seamless oneness
of the mighty sea?
Sometimes the element thinned
into breath renewed
as a droplet of rain once again
in the cosmic cycle of change,
to be part of the togetherness
of the eternal flow
imbued
with ever-fresh life.
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Hein Min Tun, a Myanmar-born writer, has won the Bharat Award for Literature’s “Distinguished Writer Award for Excellence in Literature” twice and is a recognised fiction writer. His short fictions “The Outcast” and “The Love Song” have gained recognition, and he has also won the “Chanting Bards Award for Poetry Recitation” in 2023. His debut book, “Crescendo,” is set to be released soon.
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