shiva nataraj

(the goddess whose cosmic dance sustains the universe).

she holds the elements in her fingertips
there live creatures of the deep
in the moon's glow of her stomach.

she sees eyes in trees and green
reflected in the night sky
as pastel light-beings of energy .

she feels the saline ocean at her core
the mountains above are her lungs
her limbs are no more.

she is tangled beautifully in branches
as hips swing in the breeze
her essence in nature is freed.

her skin is made of the sand
and the sand is the stars
she feels each glisten on water.

a hair on her neck is a blade of grass
she holds snail-ears to the earth
and listens, listens, listens.