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Destruction, As Kali Walks Upon Earthen Grounds

Destruction, As Kali Walks Upon Earthen Grounds Goddess of Destruction that teams with the Lord of Lusts As wrathful winds bequeath savage ravaging gusts Hades match, that has destroyed many a soul World and darkness combine to take heavy tolls Entity that perhaps beset Edgar Allan Poe Kali takes no prisoners- death is achieved goal. Dark that ever waits for exactly the right time To destroy one lover's truth is truly a crime Its great allure 'tis but beauty's enticing trap Wherein passion's darkest of powers take no nap As sadness turns into villainous mortal hate Delivery is sent to wicked hands of fate! She that offered slices of her false-set pies Torn rainbows from yesterday's molten weeping skies Sensual traps, dire for innocent likes of thee Frosted darkness dancing with malevolent glee There combing her thick-flowing, radiant red mane Sexy vixen, addicted to others' deep pain. With the dripping red, its splattered blood-cast spots Watching this malevolent world, its seething rots Madness and venom within her bulging red veins Laughing at folly of mankind's sad earthen gains From the invisible, her immense powers flow In savage consuming fires- vengeance that glows! In her night, no moon illuminates mother earth No golden beauty encompasses mortal birth Such darkness only vicious death therein awaits Uncaring blacken hands of world's ravenous Fates Alas! Mankind to her charms eagerly succumbs Blinded by temptations, hungry for even crumbs. Led by basic desires, poison in mortal blood A vessel stranded, awaiting dark's raging floods Damnation cruising this wicked world over Hideousness disguised as fields of clover Master veil, painted to cover destruction wrought Betwixt birth and death weak mortal souls are thus caught! Robert J. Lindley, begun Date: 3/12/2021 7:04:00 AM Completed, 2:24pm 4-03-2021 (Dedicated to Lady Labyrinth) Inspired by my reading of Lady Labyrinth's. very fine poem titled, " Sanskrit".. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/sanskrit_1335619 Notes: (1.) Sanskrit: Dictionary Search for a word San·skrit /'san?skrit/ Learn to pronounce noun an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived. (2.) Kali: Kali (demon) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Personification of Adharma Kali.png Raja Ravi Varma's depiction on how Kali (right) looks like Devanagari ??? Sanskrit transliteration Kali Tamil ??? Affiliation Asura (Devil), personification of Adharma Abode Naraka Personal information Parents Krodha (father) Himsa (mother) Siblings Durukti Consort Durukti Alakshmi Children Dumvishnu Niraswati Vishbrahma This article contains Indic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. According to Hindus, Kali (Devanagari: ???, IAST: kali, with both vowels short; from a root kad, 'suffer, hurt, startle, confuse') is the reigning lord of the Kali Yuga and nemesis of Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. (3.) Kali - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kali Kali also known as Kalika (Sanskrit: ??????, Kalika), is a Hindu goddess. Kali is the chief of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Tantric goddesses who each ... Weapon: Scimitar, ?Sword?, ?Trishula? (?Trident?)? Abode: Cremation grounds (but varies by inter...? Consort: Shiva

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Date: 4/16/2021 12:32:00 PM
A great analogy of Kali's darkness. "las! Mankind to her charms eagerly succumbs" and all too easily without questioning what is happening. Well crafted write Robert.
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Date: 4/4/2021 9:38:00 PM
You truly bring out the darkest of night into the light Robert. the poetry educational and excellent.
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Date: 4/4/2021 6:40:00 PM
This is a dark and rather scary write. Your accompanying explanations help me understand what you wrote to a great degree.
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Date: 4/4/2021 2:57:00 PM
One of the most misunderstood Goddesses...I think she's the bees knees. "Kali is the quintessential embodiment of shakti, female power. She emerges as an independent goddess around 1000 BCE and evolves as a controversial character: she is a scary, bloodthirsty embodiment of destruction, and the ultimate protector against evil. She is spiritual and bodily, erotic and sexual and as such, courageous: ...
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Date: 4/4/2021 5:56:00 PM
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Date: 4/4/2021 3:03:00 PM
Everyone has a story...even Kali. Love your take on it Lindley, she appears as a Rosetti pre-Raphaelite Proserpine intent on lighting up the room with her flaming hair (probably raven black) and candle fire. His sonnet says it all.
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Date: 4/4/2021 2:58:00 PM
in the Tantrik cults that revolve around her, eroticism is primarily a way of confronting one’s deepest fears." "In the eyes of westerners, Kali is a goddess dark of mind, body and soul, a mysterious goddess of death and destruction. However her story is far more complex and far-reaching; she cannot be easily fitted into a typical western narrative of good verses evil, and in fact transcends both." I always go for the back-stories. "Kali embodies the boundless and existential freedom to be—without seeking permission". I don't think she gives a toss what anyone thinks of her, they fear what they do not know or embrace; through destruction comes re-birth, she is also a protector. Most impactful, she is her own Woman. She sounds a bit like "God", actually.
Date: 4/3/2021 8:21:00 PM
Robert, 'She that offered slices of her false-set pies ~~ Torn rainbows from yesterday's molten weeping skies' That was what I was looking for, though I couldn't have known. A lasting taste of weighted justice, fair or unfair, in Mankind's final supper. It is very interesting destruction so well-described in this poem. -Richard
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