Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1973Vol. 44, No. 4

Supreme Joy

p. 75 · Read in the full issue

Page 7575

By Shashikant Nair

/ have sat with Gods and God alike, And 1 have seen the folly of Man.

I have sat with God and eaten His food, And mocked and laughed with Him, At Man hungry, begging and in plight.

I have seen a ship wrecked and men fed to sharks, I have seen a lone survivor, thankful to God, Land on a palm-covered island at last, I have seen him gaze at the nuts on the palms, Scratch at the nuts on the ground, praying and praying, Yet unable to reach the flesh and drink inside, And praying and praying die at last.

I have seen the mighty floods, arise and sweep.

Houses of grass, wood, tin and bricks.

Factories, dwellings, temples, churches, and mosques, Shrines to ancient Gods all out of sight.

I have seen the wars of Man at places far and wide, All bent to kill men, women and children, Praying priests and fasting Rishis, I have seen the mockery of Man, By Gods and God alike, I have sat with God and laughed, At Man in plight.

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