Show Me Your Way Out
Posted on Mar 26th, 2007
by 
Aditi Devi
Aditi Devi
Like a silkworm weaving
her house with love
from her marrow,
and dying
in her body's threads
winding tight, round
and round,
I burn
desiring what the heart desires.
Cut through, O lord,
my heart's greed,
and show me
your way out,
O lord white as jasmine.
--Mahadeviyakka
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