Pilgrimage

Searching for the lost soul, I
went to Banaras,
the ghats spoke;
went to Mecca,
the mosques blared;
went to Jerusalem,
the walls bemoaned;
went to the Vatican,
the pope whispered;
went to Gaya,
the bodhi tree whistled.
The answers I got were
one and the same--
"Look in thy self."