Sacred Ganges

living upto the sacred verses
experienced in the yogic trances
fullfilling the devotee wishes
beyond mystical poetic phrases
triveni of the rivers it mixes
holiest of cities as it stretches
melting from the himlayan ditches
comes dancing down the sacred ganges


polluted now by its masses
losing in its pristine graceness
undermined of its medicinal greatness
untidied with dead bodies & their ashes
contamination as its daily dishes
still runs with hope amidst these messes