My Kali
The Air I breathe is rich with Oxygen
Fresh, like that day’s sunrise
Yet I seek the gasping breath
On your snow mountains
With both Oxygen and sunlight
Playing guerilla games
The water I drink is clear, Kali
As clear as teardrops which have cleansed
My heart of accumulated hurts
Rising from a spring of Hope
I can never locate in maps
Predating Google
Yet I seek that water running off
With the dust on your feet
As an elixir for me
The Earth we inhabit, Kali
That you handed over to human beings
To love and nurture
Has been ravaged by greed
Worse, by hatred for no reason
Which means it will never end
Yet I seek the warmth of Your lap
Sharing space with Universes
Yet unrevealed to us
The Fire that cooks and warms me
Has the optimum wood as it’s source
I have planted more than hundred trees
Nurtured them;so there is a clan of trees
near me
Yet Kali, those fires are cold
Even as the flames dance their intense choreography
But in me burns a Fire for You
For that feeling in me
Not just devotion or love
But something I whisper to myself
“Devism”, it’s Sanskrit root meaning
To give inner pleasure
Something Kali, you specialize in
Now the Space,
Ah, there is no space,
Nothing that does not contain you
Your various forms, we try to identify
separate and label
As we seek to understand
Yes
There is You and me
Distinct, yet together in an astral pull
Felt everywhere, seen nowhere
You are the blessed night
The clear day
You are the Sound, yes
Cacophony to Melody
You are in the stink of rotting flowers
The poojari forgot to clean
You are the smell of sandal
Hiding deep within it›s roots
You are the names people use
To give a tongue lashing,
Predecessor of physical attack
You are words which calm and soothe
Minds like waves on a New Moon night
You are that Guru›s touch
His voice being caress enough
Yes Kali I cannot limit you
To just what is good, just, beautiful
As if its› opposites were spawned
By something alien to you
Kali, I have sung You this song
Lived and lived for so long
My Kali
Enough!
Time has exceeded for me
To morph into the way
You are, invisible
But there
Like dreams behind the wakeful eye
Come Kali! Exterminate me
A privilege you give to demons
Love-hating you
Holding opposites together
As You do, Kali
