blessed presence, she is

to her, the woman of great light

she is undying and beautiful

she is like a great seer 

in her form, she is ordinary

in her movement very ordinary

and not noticeable

but in her spirit 

she is the sun and the fresh heart of all

she is the wondrous light 

she is the forgetting of sorrow 

she is the dove on the branch in the moonlight 

she is shivasundari

the beauty of shiva in motion

she is a friend to the soul that is open

she is the coming of spring in it's bright life 

she is the season of transformation

she will quake the world that is set in shadow

she will drown the unrest with light 

she will fend off the demons without doing anything 

but merely being present in perfection

she will make the mask to be seen

and come off 

she will find the catch in there, the lock

and pry it open with one word, one glance, one move

that is in stillness 

to her, the woman of great light 

she will be 

and this is all

what a blessed presence is she 

and this is what is in the heart 

as truth 

to her

the woman of great light 

she will send the soul out to be washed 

in the river of sacred beauty 

where the sadhu sits and bathes in the evening 

and early morning 

where the waters rush in vigor to cleanse all that 

comes into it 

where the beggar sits on the steps in hopes that there will 

be food for his soul

there is food my dear 

come eat of it here now 

come put this great bread of wisdom to your lips 

and eat of the truth 

come wash in this water that is pristine 

come lay your coverings by the edge of the water 

to be washed away

come in and be drowned in yourself that is of heart and love

and light 

the woman of great light 

she is here in the soul

as the joy of all

she lives and breathes to make your world pure 

yet she does not think about it 

it just is this way 

in pure intelligence 

it is this way my love 

it is this way

in truth 

my precious seeker 

lay your shoes by the edge of the water 

to dance in yourself free and easy

take the soul to itself 

and breathe deep for once 

this coming of all

that knows not suffering 

can you dance in the soul

like a bright lilly of white 

and set the sorrow to go in deep and die away

you can if you choose to open 

and stop pretending that you are 

of another nature 

for this is so not well 

you can come in the water if you choose 

to be open and in love and light 

the light will take you in

and rinse the mud away

and set you to be in the world but not of it 

my friend 

come in and sing of life 

you are free in reality 

and will not die when the mask is laid down

you will be a soul that is living eternally 

like Shiva 

like the woman of great light 

she is here in you

and you are in her

and the two are always one 

so be yourself 

be free...