Poetry: Avantika Vijay Singh

Avantika Vijay Singh

Awaken the Goddess Within

 

Rise! Find purpose and presence within.

Make life an extended inspiration

of the Navaratri celebration.

Awaken the Goddess within

and embrace the divine feminine!

Irrespective of gender, align

with the divine feminine!

 

Shailputri…

Daughter of the resilient mountain

blessed by birth with courage uncommon.

Symbolic of power and patience

to pursue goals with devotion,

She serves as a divine inspiration

to achieve goals and trust intuition.

 

Brahmacharini…

Who pursued in bare simplicity,

penance, sacrifice, and austerity

encourages inner strength and ability

to let go of much in humility

while walking the path of austerity

to achieve goals with equanimity.

 

Chandraghanta…

The Goddess of duality,

symbolic of charm, grace, and beauty,

when required dons a fearful identity.

The epitome of feminity

fights with terrifying ferocity…

This contrast is everyone’s reality.

 

Kushmanda…

The divine light ray in the darkness,

the Creator of the universe

with the light of her smile luminous,

and all gods and beings in the cosmos,

inspires similarly to dispel the darkness

with the light of love luminous.

 

Skandamata…

Mother to Kartikeya, God of War

nurturer and protector, for sure

emblematic of motherhood pure—

Be it the teacher or mentor’s chore,

To shape and sculpt for sure

future generations galore.

 

Katyayani… Mahisasurmardini

The fiercest of Her incarnations,

Slayer of evil, salutations!

She invokes courage and inspiration

to slay the evil of ego and toxic relations.

Made by the Gods’ collaboration,

For teamwork, she inspires cooperation.

 

Kaalratri…

Slayer of Chanda-Munda demons,

Inspires us to slay our demons

Slay ignorance and break stereotypes,

To drink up our desires in legions

Like She who drank the blood of Raktbeej demon

To prevent it from multiplying into more demons.

 

Mahagauri…

The most divinely beauteous form,

In holy waters, she did transform

From a dark form to a radiant form—

Pure and compassionate, her reform.

Reminder for humanity to reform,

Fairness and compassion, to be a norm.

 

Siddhidatri…

The bestower of siddhi

With Her wisdom and spirituality.

She, within each human the nari

in Ardhnareeshvar’s divinity,

bringing ‘wholeness’, balance, and harmony

along with the divine masculine in sublimity.

 

Awaken the Goddess within

irrespective of gender; Awaken

devotion, austerity, resplendence, creation.

Destroy the darkness of negativity

borne from the ego, like the Mahisasurmardini.

Awaken the divine feminine

And bring peace and harmony to the world!

 

 

 Bio: Avantika Vijay Singh is a writer, editor, poet, researcher, and amateur photographer. She is the author of two solo poetry books i.e., Flowing… in the River of Life and Dancing Motes of Starlight (her debut ebook). She has been awarded the Nissim International Award Runner Up 2023, WE Gifted Poet 2024, and WE Illumination. She also writes the blog “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives” in the Times of India and contributes to the Speaking Tree.

1 comment :

  1. Avantika is extremely talented, there is depth in her poetry, it's not just words,but relatable identifiable emotions pouring out, which makes it so readable.Keep writing and scaling new heights.

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