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The Invocation to Kali

It is time for the invocation.

Kali, be with us.
Violence, destruction,
    Receive our homage.
Help us to bring darkness
    Into the light,
To lift out the pain, the anger,
Where it can be seen
    For what it is---
The balance-wheel for our
    Vulnerable, aching love.
Put the wild hunger where it
    Belongs.
Within the act of creation,
Crude power that forges
    A balance
Between hate and love.
Help us to be the
    Always hopeful
Gardeners of the spirit
Who know that without
    Darkness
Nothing comes to birth
As without light
Nothing flowers.

Bear the roots in mind
You, the dark one, Kali
Awesome power.

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