Just as all the colours disappear in black, millions of black holes dissolve in Shiva’s Lingam. You perceive the lingam as black from distance, as you start approaching the blazing pillar, you will find it devoid of all the colours. If I move away from lingam, I find the grass-flowers smirking at me. If I come closer to lingam, the nothingness of God burns me alive. If not black, what is the truth of Shiva’s form?
Nidhi Agrawal's works have appeared in various publications including St. Francisco Literary Journal, The Elevation Review, California State Poetry Society, Chronogram Media, South Asian Today, etc. Nidhi's work stems from the distinct theories illustrated in the religious texts such as Vedas. She has worked on the concept of Ardhanareeswara, psychological disorders and her pieces are coordinated amicably with different subjects such as natural disasters, agony, complex realism and profound affairs of day to day life. Subsequently, she writes as she talks to God! Nidhi is a distal pancreatectomy survivor and is in the pink with atrophic pancreas followed by diabetes & mild scoliosis.
