Pillar Sound (Sthambh Naad) Poem by Savita Tyagi

In sleep from deep with in
Words resonate like a mantra
And disappear in a blink.

Like a sound coming from a pillar.
En echo coming from a mountain,
Or a thunder breaking the clouds.

Awaken I repeat the words,
In lingering bliss full silence,

Soon it vanishes from mind
Like waves returning to sea.
Stirred and fascinated I remain at shore

Mystified and in awe of you
' I see you from my hiding place '
(छुप छुप कर मैं देखती तुझको)

Too weak to know you
Yet you are there
Night and day with me.

You are the (Jyotir Linga- ज्योतिर्लिंग)
Pillar of fire that none can see its end or beginning.
You are the lion face Narsingh- नरसिंह.
Coming out of pillar to kill Hirnakashyap (हिरणाकश्यप)
Giving protection to Prahlaad (प्रह्लाद) .

You are there for us all in time eternal.

4.19.2016