Mahakaal
- Ram
Krishna Singh (India)
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