Noise Noise Noise inside my head
The thoughts just breaks loose
As I try to control they break out again
And destroy any inkling of peace
I need a way out
I need to stay calm
I need to hold on
I need to break through
The waves rise and rise
And fall with a crash
The noise explodes into a scream
The conscious within implodes into fear
The raging sounds change desires into anger
The emotions locked within break out
The body shivers in confusion
And the effort falls flat in vain
Just then.. I hear anklets from within
Steps taken in wild dancing
The waves lashing on the shores
Musical instruments play in rhythm
A heat emanates within
The awareness stills the thoughts
And the noise slowly pulls back
The music takes control
Fire erupts on all sides
Light fills the whole mind
The darkness recedes into nothingness
Suddenly the scene reveals a dance
His feet with anklets tap on a monster below
His legs raised with snakes on them
Seem to reach the sky
And hold the heavens from falling
One hand is pointing down gracefully
And the other palm faces my eyes
The hair is flowing on all sides
As though lighting the fire all around
The smile, His smile.. just bliss
The snakes hissing in a drunken state of joy
Curl around His neck and arms
Draping Him like His clothes
What sight! The fair One
Smeared in ashes
Burning like the sun
His feet on my body!!
Stunned I withdraw from the scene
And I still feel Him lighting up my mind
While I, in a confused state close my eyes again
To see Him standing on my body
Withdrawn from my body
I gaze at him dancing on my body
while my awareness witnesses this sight
Only He can tell me what I've become!
Oh Lord Nataraja! Dance on my body
Dance Your eternal dance of death
Make this pain disappear
Let me disappear in Thy Bliss
Thy smile of knowledge
Plant it on my lips
For that to happen
Fill my mind with Thy sights
May this fool see Thy presence
In all that Exists
May thy devotees appear to me
Wherever my sight may fall
May there be only Love
Where my senses turn
May there be Thy signs
Wherever there may be any impulse
I prostrate to Thee Oh Dancing Lord
I know not what is mine
for You dance on what I thought was me
I know not what I am other than a lie
Oh Lord! I rest in Thee
Om Tat Sat
I am...
