Bow of Shiva

Starlight gleaming, heavens fire streaming.
Flaming sword of piercing perfect bliss.
Leaping past the vast expanse of space.
One moment's glimmering anticipation.
A lance of holy joy to rend the night.
Bold of bearing, born of power.
Sent as herald of some novaed trumpet.
Child of the cosmic lover's dance, torn from the heart of the beloved.
Offered as a sacrifice of living fire decending to the earth.

Arrow from the sky you have struck me dumb between the eyes.
I lay transfixed as dead before my conqueror.
Your shaft of golden radiance has brought me peace at last.
Loosed from the bow of shiva in an age gone by.