She asked him to make a hundred fake promises.
And she promised that she won’t blame him if he couldn’t colour her dreams.
But he was too truthful to promise.
He couldn’t even bestow her with the promise of a kiss.
What is the use of this Truth which couldn’t give her anything other than these tears?
And which she knew were for vain.
If not they were drops of rain which could moisten his dry earth.
What if his earth was already drunk with the floods of the angry river?
And then she decided to go for The Penance.
The Penance? For??
ReplyDeletethere was no love but contamination, fury, disappointment..
ReplyDeletethere were ashes of Pushpabana flying all around in the air..
and her attire was covered with it...
love was trapped between victory and loss..
her love was drenched in the tears a lover who lost her mate..
she needed to be cleansed...
hence she went..
for the Penance..
to become Maha Gauri, the purest of the pure..
which only He could make her..