Oh Sedona! (poem)

Dedicated to Sri Ramana Bhagavan!
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Oh Sedona Charming!
Oh Sedona Enticing!
Oh Sedona Seductive!
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
You are before me in Sedona,
I know You attract me toward You,
Always and follow me everywhere,
Even before I reach anywhere!
Its me the fool who grieve in pain,
Feeling away from You in my mind,
And in my own imagination only,
That diverts me from you!
Though I can never be away from You,
At any place, at any moment!
What a fool I am!
Oh Sedona Charming!
Oh Sedona Enticing!
Oh Sedona Seductive!
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Oh Sedona Charming!
Oh Sedona Enticing!
Oh Sedna Sedative!
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
You are the balm that removes all my misery,
That cures all my maladies,
O Fire Cool, Soothing!
Saving me from the Fire,
That is the world,
That keeps me baking,
Scorching and burning!
You are the only Bliss,
In me, and as I am ever!
Oh Sedona Seductive!
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
Let me never forget this, ..
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
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And
Oh Sedona Charming!
Oh Sedona Enticing!
Oh Sedona Seductive!
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
The last time,
When I saw you as a Shiva-Temple,
And could not enter,
Because of the heavy rush,
And the crowd of your devotees,
Who didn't let me,
I stayed back on the steps,
And I was just crying!
When You appeared before me,
Mounted upon a Bull,
Where You are always visible,
As Your 'LingaM',
But in my ignorance,
And in my dullness of mind,
I kept oblivious of You,
Though thinking of You,
And looking for You everywhere!
What a fool I am!
Now I saw You there,
Oh Shiva Omnipresent!
Oh Shiva Formless!
How You are visible to devotees!
In Your Form of Grace,
Every-where and always!
Oh Sedona Charming!
Oh Sedona Enticing!
Oh Sedona Seductive!
Oh Arunachala (Red-Hill / mountain) !
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