I plucked Bilva leaves
amidst silver showers
rippling gems fell
from the firmament
a curtain of crystal

Like a rain angel with
translucent wings
the color of dew
and rainbows
I chanted
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Shivaya

He
For whom
All objects in this universe
Are merely a projection
Of pure consciousness,
Who willingly consumes
The poison of human desires,
And grants each true seeker
The elixir of immortality,
I offer one bilva leaf
With all my love....

tis the golden hour
atop this apsidal hall of sentience
seventy-two thousand bilva leaves
shimmer...
as four cosmic forces
simper
in mute surrender
to an eye-popping waltz
choreographed by
the crescent bearing jewel
who’s white as jasmine


© 2019

I gathered bilva leaves
in the moonlight
Your crescent moon
illumines the dark mist
and fog
crowning my head with
an otherworldly glow

With every breath I chant
Your eternal name
Holy leaves cascade
over the Shiva lingam
Like incandescent prayers
kneeling at Your feet

O Bholenath!
Golden wedding bells
are ringing in the far heavens
O Divine Lord when will
Kailasa embrace the
pining Earth?

to the cosmic nomad
wandering
from one end of the universe
to the other
riding his faithful bull
with no place to call home
except
the heart of the pure devotee,
i offer
one bilva leaf
with
all my love...

© 2017

to
the enlightened master
who teaches his disciples
the very essence
of true knowledge
through pure silence....

i offer
one bilva leaf
with
all my love

© 2017

I hold a bowl of bilva leaves
for the three-eyed one
in blue whiteness
of Your sacred solitude
I adore You with
emerald petals
Ivory doves fly from my lips
chanting Your precious name
Om Namaha Shivaya
Om Namaha Shivaya
Om Namaha Shivaya

I'm sitting near a lake

in Crane Roost Park
but the Ganges is
flowing past me

Condos and skyscrapers
Pierce The horizon
but all I see
are snow crested majestic peaks
of the Himalayas

Oak, Cypress and
Palm trees ornament
the parks perimeter
but all I see are
Bilva leaves
and fiery Palasa trees

People walking their dogs,
pushing baby strollers,
runners pounding
the pavement
but all I see is....
Shiva, Shiva, Shiva