City Of Light
/This submission is written in answer to the theme Fire. The poem is a journey of transformation from the gross elements to the subtle to the purity of the Self.
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An effulgent glow
Illumined the night sky
Setting ablaze the sacred hill
The perfect moon
in absolute obeisance,
The raging column of fire;
Shiva’s dance of dissolution -
A moment of profound beauty!
In that hallowed circle of light
A spark ignited, deep within
A fire of infinite tapas
Setting everything ablaze
Offerings, gross and subtle
All oblations consecrated
Purified, anointed, distilled
In that crystal water residue
A seed awakened
to unfurl and blossom
into a lotus of infinite beauty.
By Shalini Nandkeolyar
From: India