Taandav

By S. Viswanathan

Oh lord of thousand nights,

The dawn shall break soon,

and the world shall wake to

the sleep that lasts

a million many moons.

Sleep, yes, a sleep - that no man

has dared to dream, for in

dreams within dreams

he sleeps,

he weeps,

as fate takes turns till he reeks,

No more!

for the dawn shall blind us all,

Your dance, cataclysmic

shall bind us all.

Fire shall burn like it burns coal,

Wind shall swirl like it swirls dust,

A dance so violent,

that it shall stretch, push, and rip

the whole cosmos like the ocean

does its waves.

A dance so vibrant,

that leaves no space for movement,

no movement in space,

and in that stillness, we shall sleep as one

and dream of many -

Many a stars,

many a planets,

asteroids, and moons,

quarks, gluons, bosons,

and Life too.

Oh lord of thousand nights,

The dawn shall break soon,

Sleep now, sleep now,

in your gentle cocoon.

By S. Viswanathan