GODDESS

Acolyte!
what do you know?
what have you learned of me?

I know

some mantra

seen hypnotised dancers
maidens in dans-macabre

thy famed ire

irked mien

fearsome den

a dripping dread...
And thy haughty head.

Acolyte!
what do you see?
what do you know of me?

snake dances
blood sacrifices
consequences
vengeances
nemeses...

I see
Thy Kali arms
a fetish charm
a trident spear
a cold calmness.
And souls you possess.

Acolyte!...?

O goddess!

I only see
what you revealed to me...a blade and a beauty.

Yet
behind this facade
of thy wrath ironclad

thy bloodied tongue and lips

In the swaying hips
of thy temple troupe
coquette posture
begging attention
un-curtailed lust -

Is much love fiercely masked.