Ode to Shyamala (Matangi)

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Green as a forest before the first word

Green as a forest before the first word

was spoken.

was spoken.

Dark as a space where the silence is

Dark as a space where the silence is

broken.

broken.

You hold the parrot, the sword in the

You hold the parrot, the sword in the

song.

song.

You speak from the edges where truth has

You speak from the edges where truth has

belonged.

belonged.

They call you the outcast, the wild, the

They call you the outcast, the wild, the

untamed.

untamed.

But every great art form was born from

But every great art form was born from

your name.

your name.

You are the word in the throat before

You are the word in the throat before

language.

language.

You are the music beneath every madness.

You are the music beneath every madness.

Share my love. Goddess of the spoken and

Share my love. Goddess of the spoken and

the unspoken. My mangi. Every vow I make

the unspoken. My mangi. Every vow I make

is your token. You are the song that was

is your token. You are the song that was

always inside me. Green fire, dark gray,

always inside me. Green fire, dark gray,

come and find me. Shine.

come and find me. Shine.

Shine.

Shine.

You rise from the river bank, fierce and

You rise from the river bank, fierce and

unbounded. Where the clean and the

unbounded. Where the clean and the

sacred were never quite founded. The

sacred were never quite founded. The

offerings you love are the ones left

offerings you love are the ones left

behind. The discarded, the broken, the

behind. The discarded, the broken, the

searching mind.

searching mind.

You teach us the altar is not always

You teach us the altar is not always

marble. That truth lives in fragments

marble. That truth lives in fragments

and smoke and in sorrow.

and smoke and in sorrow.

You are the rele.

You are the rele.

You are the prayer that refused to be

You are the prayer that refused to be

seated.

seated.

My love, sh my love, goddess of the

My love, sh my love, goddess of the

spoken and the end is spoken. My dangi,

spoken and the end is spoken. My dangi,

my dangi, every vow I make is your

my dangi, every vow I make is your

token. You are the song that was always

token. You are the song that was always

inside me. Green fire, dark grace, come

inside me. Green fire, dark grace, come

and find me.

and find me.

Shine.

Shine.

Teach me to speak without armor or

Teach me to speak without armor or

apology. Teach me the language that

apology. Teach me the language that

lives before thought. Let every word

lives before thought. Let every word

carry your green benediction. Let every

carry your green benediction. Let every

silence be sacred and taught.

silence be sacred and taught.

Oh my no more.

Oh my no more.

Oh my

Oh my

sh

sh

so wild in the deep forgotten my dandy.

so wild in the deep forgotten my dandy.

In your name no soul is rotten. You are

In your name no soul is rotten. You are

the song that was always inside me.

the song that was always inside me.

Green fire, dark gray. You remind me.

Green fire, dark gray. You remind me.

Dark grace,

Dark grace,

find me.

find me.

Show my love.

Show my love.