Waking Up in the Outback
Under the blue dome skies,
Anklets jingle.
Clouds of red dust blind.
A screech pierces ears,
Reverberate as words in my womb.
‘Wake up! Wake Up!’
I lift my head skyward.
Mother Kali!
Mother Goddess,
Blue-black skin
Thunderbolts in Her eyes.
I bow and She laughs.
‘You’re scared?
But don’t you know?
They’re terrified!’
‘Wake up!
Don’t ask for their permission.
They want you silenced.’
‘You’ve forgotten who you are.
A warrior in My army.
Whenever you speak the Truth,
I shatter
Castles of self- deception.’
‘Gotta go now.
Time to wake up others.’
Mother Kali strikes Earth,
Gigantic leaps to the west.
In the silence of settling red dust,
a gang of Kookaburras
Pick up Her laughter.
Wake Up! Wake Up!
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The outback is so powerful, in removing the layers of our everyday lives. As is the landscape, we are stripped of the unnecessary, and brought back to the basics. We can see, feel and hear so clearly in the still air both from the winged ones, scaled ones, furry ones and also from the great divine. In this stillness of the outback, for me, it is easier to hear and connect with the whole. I honour your experience and bow to you for stopping and hearing the messages that were just for you in that moment.
Thank you Lee-Anne. How blessed are we to live in Australia where the ancient land of the oldest living culture is always speaking to us.
And dear Bindu, your poems resonate like Kali herself striking the Earth! Thank you for the reminder to Wake Up! I love your writing. Thank you for what you’re bringing through. Many blessings.
Thank you as well, for making the time to explore here!
The outback in the photo looks so full of positive energy and filled me with energising thoughts. Thank you for the beautiful poem. Kali’s name, as always, gives us strength through the poem. Her ultimate power watches over all us women.
The photo was taken in Broken Hill NSW. Maybe you will visit this place one day soon. The energy is deeply healing.