Oh Kali
janine canan
Hi Kali, come on in.
I've been waiting for You
in this loneliness
that prefers even the company of Death
to nothing --
to You alone
I bow down.
*
Kali, only You are great enough
to take this deafening confusion
overflowing with pain
and topped with resistance --
a dish appropriate
only for You,
Glorious Tongue.
*
Oh Kali, vast and voluptuous
are your flames -- engulfing,
devouring, triumphant.
Only You can swallow this seething,
becoming more beautiful,
graceful and tender --
Divine Daughter, All Powerful!
*
You who bring grief,
You who destroy beauty,
You who abandon lovers,
You who betray human hope --
stronger and more violent than Death,
You force me open, Great One.
My heart is too small -- I'm shattering --
