Durga दुर्गा | The Lion in the Dream | Museum Poster

दुर्गा | In dreams sometimes, grandchild, the lion comes first. You see his great mane, his face turning in the swirl, his patient eye. And then behind him, somewhere in the colour, the goddess is there — half a hand, half a sari, the suggestion of her crown. You wake with the feeling of having met someone but you cannot say their name. The old ones say: that was her. She came to look in on you. Tomorrow walk a little kinder for it. The lion will remember the visit even if you don't.