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amrutha Feb 2014
Indian Legends.

The Legend of Triambakeshwar
The supreme Lords, Brahma and Vishnu
On that auspicious day were fighting for the highest milestone
For honour
Claiming Wisdom
Voicing out their mighty combat impale
At that very moment, a resplendant pillar
Emerged, took form before them
Standing tall into the skies and stooping low spearing the Earth.
Brahma and Vishnu saw the pillar
As an examiner of infinite Wisdom
They both decided to find either end of the pillar
to prove their supreme position.
Brahma took form of a swan
to find the topmost portion of the pillar
Vishnu turns into a Boar, being the land's wild driller
to discover the bottom part of this pillar.
Brahma returns and lies to Vishnu
"I Have Found My Goal, 'O Vishnu"
Lord Vishnu surrenders with a humble heart
A fruitless effortless failure.
This pillar is no ordinary pillar
The Legend holds it as the sacred Linga
The Lord of Lords, the destroyer of Evil
The three-eyed one, the blue-throated one
Neelakanta,Shiva,Mrida,Rudra
Dayakara,Hara,Mahes­hwara
The Lord with 1008 titles of honour
Ageless, timeless, formless,
Limitless.
Shiva cursed Brahma that day dusk
"Your foul deceit smells above this land, Brahmadev
Punishment is a part of crime.
You shall never be worshipped under the stone-carved.
Temples shan't have place for you"

Brahma, enraged, growled upon the Lord
"Your greatness shall be pushed into this Earth
Into the same pillar, the Linga!
At the foot of Sahyradri, your abode lies
from now,
till forever comes."


Dear Fearless Devotee, know this that you must
On the dark midnight of this hand-chosen day
Maha Shivratri
The Holy Linga takes form as the Lingodbhav Moorti
At the blessed land of Triambakeshwara.
From underneath the Earth,
Like a descendant from the skies
The ruler of the seven worlds
Bhu, Bhuvas, Svar, Mahas, Janas, Tapas, Satya
The invincible source of destruction
Of the Seven Hells, Paatala
*Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Rasaataala, Talatala, Mahaatala,
The Patala.
काममय एवायं पुरुष इति।
स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति।
यत्क्रतुर्भवति तत्कर्म कुरुते।
यत्कर्म कुरुते तदभिसंपद्यते॥

Holy Shivratri, 2014.
Hanggang dito na lang ba tayo?
Hanggang dito na lang ba ako?

I.
Matagal na itinagong damdamin
Hiniling noon na mapansin
At dahil sa ihip ng hangin
Tinangay sa'yo ang pagtingin.

Sabay tayong lumaban
Upang mapatunayang pang-matagalan
Pagsuko ng isa'y 'di inaasahan
Paano na ang pagmamahalan?

Oras ang ipinagkait
Kaya ba ayaw nang kumapit?
Mahal, kay tinding sakit
Ito ba talaga ang kapalit?

Hanggang dito na lang ba tayo?
Hindi na ba madadaan sa suyo?
Hanggang dito na lang ba ako?
Pagmamasdan na lamang paglisan mo.


II.
Mahabang buhok na kulot
Wari ko'y hindi ka salot
Muntik na akong mabuslot
Sa butas ng pag-ibig na dulot.

Nakapagpalagayan, loob ay gumaan
Araw-araw kausap, hindi nagkasawaan
Dumating ang puntong nagkalokohan
Namumuong damdami'y pinaglaruan.

Sinabing mahal mo ako noong lasing ka
Akala ko'y totoo kaya naniwala na
Ganoon na siguro ako katanga
Kahit kasinungalinga'y pinaniwalaan na.

Hanggang dito na lang ba tayo?
Nasiyahan ka ba sa paglalaro?
Hanggang dito na lang ba ako?
Sasakyan na lamang ang mga biro mo.


III.
Sobrang lapit pero malayo rin
Kayang tanawin at lakarin
Inhinyero, hindi mo ba mapansin?
Na ang puso'y nais gapangin.

Sa pagdaan ay umaasa
Sa eskwelahan ay palinga-linga
At kapag natanaw na
Ibang saya ang dala mo, sinta.

Nguit dumating na ang panahon
Ang panahong hindi na makaahon
Pagtangi'y kailangan nang ibaon
Ito na ang huling desisyon.

Hanggang dito na lang ba tayo?
Na ayos lang kahit sa pagtango?
Hanggang dito na lang ba ako?
Aasa na lamang sa paglampas mo.


Alam kong walang magiging tayo
Kaya sawi na naman ako.
Pusang Tahimik Mar 2019
Sa huling sandali na nag-aagaw hininga
Ang kaibigan kong hirap sa paghinga
Pilit na nagsalita sa aking tainga
"Paalam kaibigan ako na'y magpapahinga"

Butas ay pilit kong tinatakpan
Ngunit malubha ang kanyang tagiliran
At sa bawat sandaling hindi mapigilan
Kaibigan ko'y unti-unting binabawian

Nagpalinga-linga walang mahingian
Sigaw ay tulong pakiusap ko naman!
Nagbadyang tumayo ngunit kanyang pinigilan
Ako'y hihingi ng tulong. "Sandali, manatili ka na lang"

Pag dilat ng mata ay aking nasaksihan
Kaibigan ko'y nakahimlay na duguan
Lalaki'y kumaripas sa kawalan
At kami'y naiwan sa gitna ng daan

Sa kanto kami ay napadaan
Siyay bahagyang nasa aking unahan
Isang lalaking tumatakbo mula sa likuran
Sa isang iglap nalaho ang aking kamalayan
By: JGA
(Tip: Read from bottom to top)
winnerrdrop Jun 2015
Naisip ko na parang buhay pasada ang ating istorya.

Ikaw ang pasahero, ako ang tsuper.

Ganito ang senaryo; nakita kita sa kalsada di alam san pupunta.

Ako naman si tanga hinintuan ka kahit dika naman pumara.


Sumakay ka; gaya ng iba.nasa mukha mo yung salitang "Bahala na".

Diretso lang ako sa pag maneho. di mo parin sinabi kung san ka pupunta.

Kita naman sa karatula kung san ang aking ruta, inisip ko baka alam mo na.

Sa gitna ng byahe, mukhang nalibang ka na, kaya pasikat ako sa arangkada.


Halatang bago lang sayo yung dinadaanan, may tingin at may pangangapa.

Ayos lang yan sabi ko. Kabisado ko to. ako'ng bahala.

May mga sandaling napapakwento ka, Siguro dahil na rin sa palagay ka na.

Mukhang nakalimutan ko na yung ibang pasahero. Pakiramdam ko tayo lang dalawa.


Sa wakas, naitanong ko kung san ka ba talaga pupunta?

Kasi, 'haba na ng byahe mahirap na baka maiuwi kita.

Biglang Nawala yung ngiti mo sa mata. Para kang may naalala.

Dimo ako sinagot. Bigla kang pumara.


Di ko alam kung natakot ka ba? o ang pamasahe mo e kulang pa?

Ayos lang naman akong ilibre ka. Basta maihatid kita.

Aaminin ko, nung tinanong ko kung san ka pupunta,

Napadasal ako ng konti na sana sabihin mo, "Ikaw, saan ka ba?"


Naiwan ako nakahinto sa kalsada. kasi nagulat ako nung tumakbo ka,

Tinawag kita pero lumiko ka na sa madilim na eskinita.

Napakamot ako sa ulo at napailing. Ako ba ang may problema?

Di ko tuloy alam kung babalik ka. kasi kaya kong mag intay pa.


Pinaandar ko ulit yung jeep. nagmaneho, nag maniobra.

umikot, luminga linga. wala ka na.

Hahanapin kita. madilim na.. bukas baka bukas.

Kung san kita nakita nung una, baka doon ka pumara.
Written in Filipino
kingjay Jan 2019
Pusong bingi'y naaantig ng awit
Ganun pala sa unang pagsinta
Sa sombra niya'y laging nakabuntot
Paglumingon ay siyang paglinga-linga sa paligid
Ni ayaw mahalata kung saka-sakaling mapansin

Hindi malaya sa demokratikong bansa
Alila ng iniibig na panauhin
Ano nga ba, di alam ang gagawin
Sa pagpikit ng mata,
mukha niya'y nagniningning

Sa pantasya'y nahuhumaling
kahit na  gising, lumulutang sa hangin
Kaya ganun na lang sa pagsasalamin
sa mga nangyari - medyo pagmamalabis

Hinabol ang bawat galaw
Sa utak ay walang hinto na sumasayaw
Disente sa pananamit
Mayumi kahit sa anong bihis

Di man lubos nililimi ang mga katangian at ugali
Pabayaan pagkat mapagkumbaba
Hahamakin ang lahat
Dahil ang dibdib ay lumilingas
Arek Oct 2019
when you're diving until
you see a big fat eel
that's a moray

when you're seeing a fish
too big for a dish
that's a whale

when you see a commotion
deep underneath the ocean
it's no seal

bells will ring ting a linga ling
ting a linga ling ting a linga ling
you're a meal
vamsi sai mohan Sep 2014
Seek her in Devotion
She is an ocean of Compassion
Seek her in Desperation
She is a steadfast Companion
Seek her in true Passion
You will be loved to Distraction
Just seek her in your Confusion
She will lead you to Fruition
written by my guru.....
http://lingabhairavi.org/
Rama Krsna Jul 2019
inside this black hole
where no light trespasses
his linga alone does,
smoothly into the event horizon
marking a point of no return

even sand clocks
at this gateway to heaven
tick slower
as gravitational time dilation
takes over

upon entry
no escape routes
or parachutes
exist for exit

only a free fall
into singularity
where space-time curvature
becomes infinite

odds of mere mortals
surviving this plummet
are nine billion to one

any volunteers?

© 2019
Alin Feb 2016
Once I was a pretty girl
Made of a big leaf
and a strong root
that grew to
fields of fruit
On each of my birthdays
I used to wear a dress
made of yellow flowers

I stayed so
Thinking to be
As strong but
Unable to walk
Like a tree
Or a tree
until
Until
I met he

He
who called me She
He a true
Human Being
He a true man
One of the strongest
Gentlest
Shiniest
Of its kind
dared to pluck
Me fully
Completely
For whom
I converted
From
A plant
To
As he says:
She

I walked the depths of
Mud hand in hand
With he
by which
my feet shaped
To toes
soft and pinky

He teach me
How to step
On the
Crystal shiny
Water smooth
Rocks
Rocks passaging
A delirious rush
Of dizzying fall
Only by the sound of
Such gobbly bubbly
turbulence
Sound of vertigo
He holds
My arm
Needles to ask
In sync fit time
He says
I help She
Because she is not
As strong as ….

Never using the word
Weak
Face of gentleness
With coal black
crystal
Shiny eyes
A smile like buddha
No he cannot hide
And no why would
He
When hide
İs only
İn my tongue

As he holds me
I feel light
Clearing my sight
As if on the moon
Defeating gravity
And voluntarily
Fully
Am
The She
For
He

In my terms
For Once  
enjoying
the Weak
Beautifully

Flying
By his strong palms
He who raised me to the
Blue of freest skies
Made of the joy of lovers
Brought me
to a cleanest Lagoons
A Queen's bath on another
Plane from where suns shine
Their brightest
to heal our worlds

And Lovers make love
As we walk hand in hand
Each of a stumble of mine
As if  a pure longing to touch
him longer
While i bathe ****
he politely looks the other side
And picks a blood red bloom
for me

Like a nature you used to be
And still are
A gift for you  
he says  by his light
Shining the purest
without any expectation

A Flower once gifted to Shiva
She and he now
Linga
She and he now
As all pray
to be a blessing of love
Maybe a dream
Maybe still here or there
Maybe the color of the sunset
on a new moon day
….

For he
He who warmed my heart today
He made of divine light
He who never will read my lines
Lines made of words
But for he
He who calls me She
He who I know
already Knows
He who
held my hand
once
on a new moon day.
for Ramesh
Ivan Brooks Sr Aug 2019
In the land of the wise men,
where the wind blows ceaselessly
and the moon glows perpetually,
a great poet and his young protege
sat in the courtyard under the shadows
of the sycamore tree to meditate.
The protege said to his master.
" Sir, please make me a great poet"
The old master lifted his head
and gazed at the protege in awe.

" My son, you are a poet he retorted.
You have it in you. you live it,
you are engaged with it each day,
you hang with poets and read the
amazing works they penned.
You understand spoken words,
the unique linga Franca of poetry.
To find and get it out of you,  
you have to tear yourself apart.
go to where words reside.
Get into the minds of others.
Ask and read other people"s works.
Though it's kinda motivational,
inspiration is everywhere.

" You see, the master told him,
every day the sun comes up,
it rises with a packaged gift
Unwrap it with your mind
appreciate anything therein.
A disappointment and a bad day
can be a caveat for a writer
because it spikes emotions and inspires one to dig deep...
My son, you have to write every day.
write about anything at any time.
rewrite what you aren't pleased with.
The more you write, the better you become.
The uglier the poems that come out the better the poems that follow.

Write about the sun and the moon,
write in the morning and afternoon.
Write captivating and uplifting stories
about mermaids with beautiful bodies.
Or write about a wandering stranger,
who traveled in search of an adventure
with your hands, write about nature.
Using your mind, paint a beautiful picture.
Do this as often as many times as possible,
Someday you will achieve the impossible.

#IvanBrookspoetry (c)
August 11.2019
The protege's quest trended before it was written. I actually thought I was saving a draft, made of the title and just two lines. I just finished it

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