These Offspring of Kali

By Remigius de Souza

Goddess Kali

Kali - Goddess of Destruction and Regeneration,
is one of the three expressions of Shakti or Energy.
The other two are Lakshmi - goddess of sustenance
and Sarasvati - Goddess of Learning.

I jump on an incoming evening seven thirteen train

to secure a window seat.

As I open 'Leaves of Grass' the first line noticed,

declares, 'Sing on there in the swamp' in

the 'Memoirs of President Lincoln'.

An urchin occupies the seat next to me

With harmonium on her lap;

Her fingers wide apart, search for a pitch across

on the bars, high low, high low,

from maintain picks to deep seas.

She settles on a pitch appropriate to the crowded train

in motion, plays a pop movie song.

On the threshold of sprouting youth, her dark face

And full eyes glowed divine grace;

She is sound personified.

Her wards, two little sisters, one recites the song lines;

The other with tiny folded hands;

They appeal to the softer edges of weary home-going crowd;

They, not belonging to the mundane, remain

Untouched by hostilities or sympathies.

The Time atomised; there is no yesterday, tomorrow neither.

The concert moves to the next compartment.

They have not lost either their fragrance of innocence

Or dignity of untimely adulthood,

In the energies creative to sustain.

The last straw of hope, yet for the Post-historic

Civilization of exploitation,

These offspring of Kali, until they open

The Third Eye imminent

To make way for regeneration.

(Written, 1980s)
Notes 1: 21st century is witnessing uprisings of the poor at many places. This has been happening in the past, but now it is simultaneously a Global Action, as a result of Global Oppression by invisible tentacles of invisible global Capitalist Powers.
2: Image of Goddess Kali is one of the popular versions that are mass-printed in various sizes, available in the market.
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Karma-sannyasi's Self-immersion in Water (Poem)

Karma-sannyasi's Self-immersion in Water (Poem), translated in Matarthi and published on Remichi Marathi Boli on September 3, 2011.  

Image 1: Christian Burrial ground in Mumbai

Death, now, in the civilized societies is no more natural, and is more expensive than living.

I
His logic ends in No-Action act,
no energy spent in any effort,
no chase after what is gone,
no regret if it may
or not return ever,
in an environment
hostile or ambivalent,
natural is the behaviour
when body and mind
and soul in tune are.

II
Cosmos autonomous inner
is never an inert matter
enslaved not, isolated or
from the world outer.  
There’s the fearless fire
that can’t be consumed
by trivially mass mania mundane
in the waves after waves
that rise and fall and vanish.
In finality his flame inner
unites with life-giving water.

(Mumbai | 27-29/12/2005)

Image 2: Underwater Life and Death

Note 1: Recently there was news on BBC: New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Floridafuneral home". It made me laugh. On one side the First World Nations talk-talk-talk of Environmental damage and hold responsible the entire humanity, and on the other hand find new ways to destroy natural environment by proxy.

2: Image 1: 'Christian Burrial ground in Mumbai' by the Author

3: Image 2 : Source- Internet

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