THE TRAUMA GODDESS
The yogini is one of my forms
Showing that I am beyond earthly attachment
I am the shining revelation to the ascetic
I am the harlot in black net and leather,
Who gives enjoyable punishment,
And a spark of me is in each bead, for I dwell in karma.
In return for devotion I pull thorns from the heart
In return for obedience
I untie the knots in the belly and the head
I hold the vajra, which gives and receives
I reshape family karma
Where anger and hatred block the path of the soul
I evaluate the benefits of revenge
And give better suggestions for spiritual growth.
To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions
I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt
I hold up a mirror to the best and worst facets of human life.
I reflect the disastrous ways that human beings interact
Then the reflections are stretched and distorted
With irony, and humour, and sadness
Loosening their grip on the heart
So that the person who seeks freedom
Can get a taste of being free.
“Lady of Trauma, Lady that absorbs pain
Ascetic and bhairavi and sannyasini and mistress
Pull me from the disaster that I have made of my life
Save me from the evil machinations of others.”
As they chant my mantra.
Love me as I love you
I am desperate and bound
Free me by your grace.”
Those who have been bound, bind others
Those who have suffered, cause suffering
I let them know how they have been affected
But also how they have affected others.
I wear them because they represent what is beneath the surface
The blood that I drink is evil karma of those that I save
And the karma is then halted and does not pass to others.
Which are destroyed within me.
I am a dancer upon the pain of all mankind
I destroy the dark and corrupt.
But for those whom I love
Who have taken on my dark grace
I open a path of shining light
With pain and sorrow left behind.
This is a very beautiful passage…
Do you know where I can find the original, or at least who wrote it?