Trick-or-treating with Shiva

As Shiva danced the sages realized that Shiva had flayed the tiger of their ambition, tamed the serpent of their passion and crushed the goblin of their ego. His dance captured the rhythm of life, the cosmic cycle of generation, organization and destruction.

I am aware that Shiva is basically considered a Hindu god; there are also references to Shiva in Buddhism where he is recognized as a Bodhisattva. I thought I would have a little fun with Halloween.

The harvest moon lights a black autumn sky.
Silhouettes of small creatures scurry through the night.
The wind rustles fallen leaves at skeletons feet.
Ghosts float down the sidewalk; Jack’s grinning face lighting the way.
The Devil lurks the corner beckoning witches; do his will.
The landscape littered with monsters, heedless of the Destroyer in their midst.
Greedy little ghouls stumble over each other, collecting treats.
A headless horseman bobs for apples, glowing pumpkin at his feet.
The shady adolescent stockpiles ill gotten bootee behind a large maple tree.
His transparent friends feast endlessly on chocolate; their stomachs never fill.
Shiva pays them no mind, he searches for the gruesome gnome, whose smile curdles the blood and laugh sours milk.
Fruit falls at the goblins passage, seeds sowing new Karma.
His trail followed, he is found; curled up and trembling in the snarling roots of an ancient Oak.
Shiva smites him; crushing ego itself, day illuminates night, monsters become Lotus flowers.

Ambud

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