Maha-Shivratri

I see processions today
People worshipping idols
Making journeys to make
Shiva meet with Parvati.
Fasting to please 'him'
Posing and pretending to be him.
And I see fake dreads
Kohuled eyes.
For a moment
I felt like
Painting Shiva
The face,
maybe Ardha-narishwar
Or even Nataraja.
Then I planned to dance instead
On terrace, the entire night.
But I lacked the intensity.
I lacked that power.
There, that's the point.
Shiva is all about power.
About energy.
And it is not destructive.
If doesn't represent
Culmination.
Instead, it's raw
And shows regeneration.
It's living with the least most needs
It's living life full power.
It's to triumph over your animal self
By realising the inner power.
So I decided
To not go to any temple
For I anyhow am not religious.
But fasting I assembled is good for health
For the weather is changing
So is the elemental power.
And here I bow
To the death and life
And here I breath out
One breath
And I feel alive.
Shiva in me
Parvati as well
I feel the energy
With energy I gel.
Happy Mahashivratri