"21 Faces of Tara"

1

Last year Kali

turning to

Tara

three sides

of a coin.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

2

Last fall I said

be gone

you replied how

can I

you are me.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

3

After lifetimes

together

real

ize

we are

one and many.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

4

Last verse

clunks

like skulls

strung

around my neck.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

5

Mother you have

broken us

early

that time may

heal us

whole.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

6

The number of stars

in the sky

equals

the number of fish

in the sea.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

7

(Whose sky?)

(Whose sea?)

8

The moon

will be

kinder

to Icarus.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

9

On the road

of eternity

you are

still

a shiny coin.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

10

Mother

your face

awaits us

at both

doors.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

11

Tara

your face

is

twenty one faces

are.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

12

Your words

are

painted

on the

wind.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

13

Only colors

could

tell

the story

of your

21 faces.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

14

Does

the invisible world

see

only

one face?

Om tare turrare ture svaha.

15

When I look

through your eyes

I am

the invisible

world.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

16

I bow before

those

invisible threads

braiding us

together and

apart.

Om tare turrare ture svaha.

17

I am

writing this

inside

room number

21.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

18

May we love

in ourselves

all

of your

aspects.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

19

May we love

in each other

all

of your

aspects.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

20

Tara, I am

becoming

more and more

who

I like to think

I am.

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

21

Om tare tuttare ture svaha.

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