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The Divine Feminine
SNATA BASU
I look in the mirror, and the tides start turning,
dark, dark evils around surround me,
out from the purling water, I am born anew;
a soft, glimmering, abysmal enchantress,
leaden like the skies, I bring with me light.
I emerge like death, bestriding my lion,
Ten spines grow within you and I;
And in my ten hands, I hold the glory of the suns,
Flight for the feeble foxes, and debacles unseen;
I am cold and burning, like fever hereafter,
vicious, too: as are wildfires.
In my arms, there’s sleep for the tender,
I was born of Lotus water-burns,
I arise from my dreams, this is my hour:
chiming bells welcome me with open arms.
I have come home,
I am home, my daughters,
fear not the fury that smothers your necks;
I womb the devil’s horns from a chalice,
I devour the oceans till there’s nothing left.
I bring you power to trounce your ghouls,
I am Adi Shakti, the warrior and the bearer,
I fight till the earth surrounding me,
collapses and churns
into the gulfs of my kohl-eyes
I fight like hell that burns.
Yaa Devi Sarva Bhutessu Shakti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa
I come to conquer, and break loose from my shackles,
I am the Andromeda.
Snata Basu is an aspirant poet from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her work mostly centres on passionate, personal bindings. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at North South University.