Showing posts with label Shyam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shyam. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Devdasi

Said he once

Your naked truth is safe with me, said he once.
She did not even hear, naked she was, wearing
Gold, only. A few diamonds and she always
wore a silver ring with coral gem stone. She was naked,

The Devdasi, she was unashamed
The Lord of the Dark Temple
was her friend.
She did not tell that to them!

Her pain

Lecherous priests
ogle on her all greedy eyes
when she danced
her bare aura
resplendent in the sweat
trusting silence divine
of the lamp light
cold temple stone.
She knew all of them,
those dirty ways
by they violate her.

Do not they know?
the Dark Lord is her veil!
Do not they know,
He is the only man she worships.
Do they even believe in him!
One day, she dreams, one day....
On days and nights of much hurt
One sick priest after another
She does not hold much hope then
impossible! Curse you, silent idol,
Shyam Ardhanariswara
You do not speak!
You do not lift a finger
You do not rescue me
this prison of your temple!
I want to be free.

He returned for the first time
he was never away, she remembered.
The gold was too heavy.
Sedative seduction. 
He returned.
 
One day, a wanderer came across
He loosely wore a saffron robe
there was this look in his eyes...
without any foreboding
Just like that, their eyes met
she was in love,
she was in love.

she was in love.
the priests all
scared and surprised
saw tears in her eyes.
All six priests
were found dead
in some time
in some time.
circumstances
mysterious,
when the rain
came down again.  






















Devdasi

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Centered


The Primal Darkness forces
Shiva and Kali, Purusha and Prakriti
Durga says, am I not dark?
Am I not dark in this gold also?
I am so imperfect!
Who am I.

Shyam smiles, his joyous eyes gaze at her's
Her beauty is his safety
Keeps him sane in a warm home.
Durga says, Kala do not smile
but tell me am I not dark
that you love Kali more than me?

Shiva is one often to keep silent
and smile all the time to himself,
He says see Goddess
I am Shyam and you are Kali.
The beloved dream,
Earliest lovers dreamed.
















Parvati