Guardian Spirit
by B.R.Nagpal
(New Delhi, India)
Like the crystal, inviolate stream
the radiance of spring
unspoilt heavens in infancy
Thy presence is tranquil,
mysterious stillness.
Guardian Spirit
Come now
in Your fury and incoherence
to revive breath to breathless
heal the sick, bruised,
display profound wonders
of the other world
grant boons to your devotees
with unflinching surrender.
Reveal Thyself
like a tempest, tornado
Mother Goddess,
blot out the unwise, ignorant
erase the unreal, apparent
lift one from the cocoon of existing
to rise towards the path
of light invisible.
What, if the hedges that are all around
if knots are to be unlocked
winnowing feat has to go endless
kernel is to be sifted from the husk,
innermost etching is to be preserved
in its manifold manifestations.
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