Conscience Conditioned

by Dinesh Kunnatheeri

The master like Socrates, sipping and sitting,
The night just started and was gleaming away,
With Plato’s consciousness in my being,
Upa ni shad—waiting to hear.
But I heard nothing and then the dialogues started,
Master questioned, I answered, master questioned,
I answered, master questioned, I answered,
Questions upon answers and questions upon answers,
Every thought of mankind was nullified,
The morning light came from the East,
Everything is earthy and nothing heavenly,
Even conscience is conditioned.