Devi

Only a female has the capacity, patience and courage to go through extreme pain and hardships to create life itself. It is easy to assume that the energy that courses through creation is feminine — the Divine Mother. She is the primordial energy, the cosmic force behind all creation, preservation, and destruction. Some days, when you have grace, she reveals herself so suddenly that you wonder why you never noticed her presence earlier.

During Navaratri, a beautiful sunrise transpired on the skyscape. The deep tangerine Sun reminded me of Devi ma.

She rises on the firmament,

Caressing her creation

With a benign look.

Bestowing grace over

One and all:

Living, non-living

Sleeping, awake

Loving, indifferent

Big or small.

She infuses life force to

Create, nurture, preserve, and inspire.

Then crushes it all and spins new

Worlds pulsing with her innate fire.