Dear Amarveda,
I think you should know
If it's rhymes that you want
I can make quite a show

However it's actually Krishna
Who I wish to please
And we know that devotion
Is all that He sees

Poetry is art
And there are many forms
Some types don't rhyme
Or follow the norms

Take Rajastani paintings
A good example for sure
They seem crude to some
Lacking dimension, realism and more

Still we see Krishna
If we are looking with love
There is nothing like devotion
To the God Above

So, I ask you sincerely
To think before you start
To make a critique
Of someone else's art

For while I don't mind
That my poem didn't please you
There might me someone else
Who would wish to appease you

Therefore they might fear
Your words of correction
And thus take their poem
In some other direction

It would be a shame
If we could not see
The art of these devotees
That there surely must be

For love of Krishna
Comes in all styles and colors
What seems like music to some
May not to others

Navasi
Dasi

5/24/08