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 Shiva Mahadeva

           Shiva Mahadeva

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The warrior, Mahadeva, holds his love

Upon his thighs, and nearby on a pond

The lotuses bloom, pink.  Nearby, above

Them in a Hindu heaven space, beyond

Mere rationality, dream’s dignity,

Dream’s deep white bull protects, and, hovering, flies

In virgin stillness and alone is free

As only gods can float.  His hovering eyes

See love and love alone, alert though for

The danger of the world, the fang snarls from

It, loveless as it is.  His horns might gore,

Yet aspects here with lovelinesses thrum.

  The god extends his arm to show the Truth

    Beneath it, beauties’ shapes in curving youth.

~ Phillip Whidden

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