Not Your Usual Kali

Have you noticed how Kali is so unlike

all the other Goddesses that you perhaps worship?

She doesn’t give a damn about fame, prosperity, wealth

skin deep beauty or anything inane of that sort!

Rather this specific enchanting lady is

The Goddess of time, doomsday, and sublime death.

She roams crematoriums, stands up naked against evil

in vengeance that you can’t even possibly dream of!

Bejeweled with the garland of severed demon heads,

Her satirically smiling gory sword;

Disheveled hair, skin darker than darkness, running amok  

Tongue out mocking the fatuous stereotypes

We’ve setup around women, beauty and their countenances!

Oh, I’m not forgetting how she valiantly steps

right on the chest of her husband Shiva (albeit unmindful) –

Have you ever wondered how Kali

subtly hints you women folk to KICK OUT

opinionated pigeonhole and callous gestures!

I never thought about Kali this way, but this time …