And Not A Candle Lit (A Hymn for Jack in Praise of the Mother)
Pitch black the room it was,
and yet a brilliant light to flood
the naked body there,
and not a candle lit.
Pitch black the room it was,
and every inch of Sir I saw
in naked splendor there,
and not a candle lit.
My god, my lord who lay supine
whose scent, whose taste was only mine
to praise, and sing, and magnify
I saw in naked glory there,
and not a candle lit.
Pitch black the room it was.
Pitch black the womb it was,
the womb of Kali Ma who births
with skulls of death around her neck,
and God lay on the bed,
and Light abundant showed Him me
as I saw Him, an ancient tree
of life, of love, of ecstasy,
and not a candle lit.
And yet each hair and each fine line,
each crevice by divine design
in God's great Work of Art
who lay supine upon the bed,
who shot into my heart a dart
of ancient make and Mystery,
and not a candle lit.
Incense burning in the air,
a soft yet keening cant
for Brothers dead who knew our Truth,
from AIDS and HIV,
who knew the hidden Mysteries
of Atum and The Mother She,
who sang and praised and glorified,
who danced and leapt and magnified
the Cosmic Dance of Shiva Lord,
and our two bodies' blended spirits,
two but One, and yet the same,
and each just like the other,
yet one is Master, one is slave,
but both bound to The Mother.
Avalokitsvara sits and watches
in the dungeon black
which floods with tears of mercy,
of great compassion for the boy
who's now a Man, a slave, a toy
and yet a Man and still a boy,
a boy with life and soul abounding,
loving, feeling more astounding
than he's ever felt before.
Pitch black the room it was,
Tibetan chant of Buddhist lore
did spin around and spin around
in still black air that hit the ear,
and hit the walls, and hit the ground,
in still black air that touched the nose
and taken into lungs as black
with darkness as the room of pitch,
and from the lungs a Light forth shown,
breaking out through muscles rich,
through sinew, organ, blood, and bone
to light the room as black as pitch,
and not a candle lit.
And then the light of Light
flared forth from Heart to heart,
from lord to slave and back again,
a golden bridge between two hearts,
creating majick, birthing life,
blue Shiva with the coiled snake,
the Kundalini sitting there atop his crown,
my lord thus sits in lotus full.
God's Light descends on slave bowed down.
A golden bridge between two hearts,
my Lord's and his disciple's.
Sweet lord is raised above sweet slave
by just a foot to show the Way,
but just a foot, for Lord and devotee
are but split by inches high
the one above the other.
Yet face to face,
and breath to breath,
all three eyes to all three eyes,
each looking deep in self for Self,
each searching god for God.
And then I knew that I, the slave,
my Lord I found, the one I've craved
who gives me life until my grave,
a life in Light, in pitch black room,
a Light which floods the naked One
who's lying there as if the sun, as if the Son
Transfigured was in pitch black room,
who births a slave in pitch black womb,
Ma Kali's womb, Lord Shiva's room,
God's Light so bright, it blinds my sight,
and not a candle lit.
soli Deo gloria
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