Placing love above all
In the heart of a child
So very free and wild
To kiss sweet cheek
New song sung for the young
Who’ve just begun to dance
With cosmic happenstance
On world’s bright stage
Now comes the vision free
Of brighter tomorrow
With what God will bestow
In liberty
Note: The abhanga, an Indian form of poetry, means “the completion” and is a stanzaic form commonly used for devotional poetic composition although it has also been used for cynicism, satire and reflective moods. It was popular from the 13th thru 17th centuries Marathi Region of India and is described as complex and classic.
The Abhanga is:
- stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains (4 line stanzas).
- syllabic, 6/6/6/4 syllables each
- L2 and L3 rhyme. Often internal rhyme is employed. End rhyme scheme x a a x , x being unrhymed.
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