NaPoWriMo Day 6:  Universal Guidance

Here’s our optional prompt for the day. Many of us had to write “acrostic” poems in school. These are poems in which the first letter of each line spells a word as you go down the poem. For example, the first line of an acrostic poem that spells the word “ghost” would start with a word beginning with “g”; the second line would start with a word beginning with an “h,” and so on.

Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a variation of an acrostic poem. But rather than spelling out a word with the first letters of each line, I’d like you to write a poem that reproduces a phrase with the first words of each line. Perhaps you could write a poem in which the first words of each line, read together, reproduce a treasured line of poetry? You could even try using a newspaper headline or something from a magazine article.

I have been saying affirmations for past few months for my own peace and balance and I find this one particularly close to my heart as it allows me to surrender completely to the Universal power! I decided to use this one for my word acrostic poem.

“I trust the Universe for guiding me to the right path”

Poem: Universal Guidance

I am a seeker in this vast universe,

Trust that my soul has a definite divine purpose,

The purpose for which I took abode in human realm

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Universe always listens and honors my desires,

For I always feel a holy presence beside me,

Guiding me, enabling my needs, empowering my dreams

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Me, my, mine and I- is just the dust of this infinite cosmos,

To know oneself, this “me” needs to be exonerated,

The path to divinity only then gleams

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Right are the roads of the Universal stream,

Path that my soul accepts and connects; path that leads the way to my dreams!

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©Vandana Bhasin

06.04.2022