Daffodil-lit in the moon's tone,
a soft embrace,
a flocking companion in a dim evening.
Rear view of the stage show:
Shiva's Sati, burning in perfection,
wild at its peak, soft at its core;
a loss that shatters the hope in loneliness.
A curse beyond its cure,
no magic stick, no angel love;
brilliant light, blue shadow,
a lonely mansion within reflection.
A mechanical bloom bleeds to break,
shatters to grow up.
Timid expansions over its cold hold;
a firefly's guidance to heavenly intimacy.
What a gain—to become a memory-knowing well.
Departed in a moment,
shattered deeply;
manifested determination to exit.
Maybe it wasn't an illumination
that went blind.
A pure exchange of my tunes for your flames.
Miss you now,but you waned out forever.
Oh! Omnipresent, bless us with eternal dance,
Restoring serenity with a mere glance,
As a stream of purity flows through your head,
Containing impurities as the journey moves ahead.
Echoes of ending vibrate the expansion,
Await a new beginning, a new dimension,
As light of consciousness illuminates the vastness,
Constraining chaos, acting as harness.
Oh!timelessness, bless us with realization,
Breaking the loop, the ultimate transformation,
Restoring oneness, establishing totality,
Please free us from the delusion of duality.
Whenever I see a crescent moon phase,
I picture the crescent crowned on His hair,
For He clears my mind when it is in a haze,
As I chant to Him, Mahadev who's so fair.
Whenever I see the big open blue sky,
I picture the beautiful blue hue of His skin,
For when He appears I'll know it is not a lie,
As I chant, I shall recall my divinity within.
Whenever I see a deep and very still lake,
I picture Him in His ascetic state meditating,
For He has the deepest mind for our sake,
As I chant to Him, I too begin ascending.
Whenever I see anyone's genuine smile,
I picture Him and His serenely content face,
For He brings me joy for longer than a while.
As I chant, I see life's something to embrace.
He was calling me through the years.
He sat with me as I cried all my tears.
He was always near by my side,
And now I know it, from the inside.
His face always makes me feel at peace.
He always made my blessings increase.
His essence is growing within my mind,
As I realize to all and myself, I must be kind.
He forgives sins because he understands
All of the differents ways of life in all lands.
He is guiding me now towards the Light,
His essence shall make my soul so bright.
His images, although various, feel familiar,
As though I've known him in past lives prior.
He will be with me my entire life and beyond,
He will gift me a uniquely special bond.
Falcate glistening moon tonight,
upon the starry sky shines bright,
the satin smooth milky moonlight,
flowing through Himalayan heights,
silhouette of Shiva in sight,
a time to pray in god’s own light,
heart is calm within and quiet,
crescent moon’s divine bright midnight.
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01/September/2025
Magnetism throbbing within form,
manifests waves, both cool and warm,
setting nodes in body aflame,
silent thunder, a benign storm.
This dance sublime, a divine game,
with soul’s ascent being the aim,
that as polarities unite,
desires dissolve, ego we tame.
As bliss pulsates by day and night,
taking us on a wingless flight,
in time our eye becomes single,
whence we see we are living light!
O Kailasanatha!
Imbued with serenity and calm,
Like the great Kailah that holds your fiery dreadlocks powerfully in its icy fold,
Even in the biting cold,
Makes everyone stand with their hands in prayer together ahold,
O Kedarnatha!
With your matted tresses,
And a boiling pot of emotions
That the holy Kailah redresses,
O Umanatha!
Opening your Third Eye,
You show the world the way,
As a catcher in the rye,
O Natanatha!
With your innocent countenance,
And your hands of virtue,
Can make life itself dance!
the head ovoid
a floating balloon
tethered to heart
where we dwell
we notice thoughts
as also sensations
at play therein
feeding the ego
agape love humming
in toroidal heart
simply looking on
does not interfere
in timeless time
thought forms conjured
by wayward ego
crumble to dust
bereft of thought
a thousand suns
illuminate the void
within the head
consciousness yet still
observes the dance
wondrous yet ephemeral
in organic form
So many times I chanted the prayer
from childhood to now that I forget
what I pray for or want repeating
mantras while walking at dusk or seeing
images on the lingam that stir
the flame Shiva harnesses deep within
my numbed feet stop before growling dogs
trained to ignore strangers whose lips don’t utter
their names or who aren’t free in leash like them
I fail to filter the chasing darkness
from roadside temple to Sarna Enclave
--R K Singh
Shiver for Shiva is about.
The made must be undone
the created made to dance
on new flames.
Halloween is due,
all the old souls
will be flying in the night
on new broom sticks.
The days are crushed together,
black-ice has made them
fragile and slippery.
Shiver, for Shiva stamps his foot
on the innocent and the black-hearted
all will be blessed,
for a long winter has come
he will save their eyes
and not allow them to be blinded
by life or death.
The dance of Shiva within
Enveloped by bliss, day and night
Form’s transmuted as living light
Soma nectar drips in each vein
Vaporised self dwells in delight
Fears and desires, to rest are lain
Magnetic heat cleanses soul’s stain
That that remains, is vibrant bliss
Love’s searing power, we ingrain
Boundaries blur; everything’s this
Each touch divine, a virgin kiss
Mother boosts our soul’s vibration
This moment in time’s all there is
Prismatic love’s joy sensation
Entwines us with all creation
We be to become, bliss thunder
In stillness, by resonation
10-May-2022
Chunky ham sab L-nd ki paidavar hain lihaza jis nay l-nd ka inkar kiya us nay astitva ka inkar kiya aur jis nay astitva ka inkar kiya us nay lul kiya?Blody Phol.
Astitva Yoni Yoni Yoni
Yoni mein dalay dhoni.
DANCE OF SHIVA
Just imagine
Head as a balloon
A periscope feeling earth
With heart as the seat
Of soul essence
Senses five
Powered by mind
Interact and interpret
Duality at play
Witnessed
Separation
Of head and heart
Allows us to feel contrast
Manifest epiphany
Lucid dream
Union
Of polarities
Aligned with God’s love
Suffuses us thus
With bliss
There then
Being no seeking
Tango dancing, so becoming
Vibrant God-essence
Here now
14-February-2022
Mind doesn’t know where third eye is
Location signalled by bliss fizz
We alone feel, the soma flow
Scriptures but pose, a mind game quiz
Truths esoteric, if we’d know
Feel the central vein, all aglow
From root to crown, soundless thunder
Agamas known in stillness slow
14-January-2022
Supported by Brahma
Holding erect energies
Shakti engages in play
In the stream of soma
Igniting our central vein
As a gift to our presence
Receptive in surrender
Aligned with love divine
Centred in the vast void
Encased by feeble form
The dance of polarities
When graced by Mother
Enlivened by magnetism
Manifests bliss frictional
That pervades each node
Gripping heart in rapture
Yearning replaces desire
As bliss currents caress
Grazing touch seductive
Vaporising our lower mind
Wherein free will chooses
To dissolve in the ocean
Becoming the ocean itself
Whist yet soul now whole
12-January-2022
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