On the longest night
The winter solstice
Memento mori
Remember death
Om hundre år er allting gløymd
All that we think we are,
let us remember,
it is already ash.
The verse just starts over.
Om namo Kali
The Name
Kali
The fire which consumes it all,
Where time ends
Where all is reborn.
Singing its praise.
And the verse starts over.
Hell on Earth
Heaven on Earth.
Watch Kali burn
Soon forgotten
Even that name nevermore.
I willingly submit.
I praise its Name.
The verse just starts over.
For when death arrives
I am alone
All my pride and vanity,
all my striving,
all my games and pretense,
It was all for naught.
There is nothing left
but to sing the Name.
The verse just starts over.
In the fire,
I meet my maker,
Here, now.
All warriors know,
We are already dead.
So let’s praise the Name.
The verse just starts over.
I throw myself
On my funeral pyre
Remembering that no one will remember.
All i ever was
Another speck in the geological layers.
I willingly submit.
Repeating the name
And the verse starts over.
I stand my ground,
as the earth beneath me smolders.
Knowing nothing will remain.
Yet I stay true
as Kali dances.
All that remains
Is to sing the praise.
For the verse starts over.
I willingly submit
To what is asked
To what is given
To what is taken away
I am naked,
with nothing to do
but to sing the Name.
For the verse just starts over.
The verse just starts over
And I will play the part
I will sing the part
And I will dance the part
As my soles turn to ash beneath me.
For I am nothing
But the Name
Nothing will remain
But the Name
So I praise.
The verse just starts over.
So while the fire is lit
Let it dance
Death will stop and witness
the One who dances thus.
No past
No future
Just the One
Dancing
Being true
Praising the name.
The verse starts over.
Remember, it matters not.
So what is true?
What can be offered
on the altar.
Watch it burn.
Nothing will remain but the Name.
So sing its Name.
The verse starts over.
Now.
Let me meet my maker
The way this life began.
Defenseless and naked
Just praising the name.
For the verse starts over.
I can only sing
I can only dance
I can only be true
Just praising the name.
Let the rest of it burn.
For the verse just starts over
And i offer it all
Knowing I am already dead
All words and deeds are dust.
Nothing left but to dance
Nothing left but to sing
Nothing left but to be true.
Nothing left but to repeat the Name.
Nothing left but to repeat my Name.
I am death
I am life
In this moment
Alight.
True.
Forever dead
Forever reborn.
I praise the Name.
For the verse starts over.
~Torstein (21.12.2019)