Shiva: Dance of the Engine

(harmonium breathes; harpsichord flickers; layered synths build in 13/8)

The motion stirs —

a hum of origin,

the breath that breaks the still.

I am the wheel,

the circle burning,

steel upon silence,

form becoming form.

(cello enters, percussion interlocks with triangle sparks)

Each strike a birth,

each echo folded —

from pulse to rhythm,

from rhythm to world.

(voice multiplies; harpsichord mirrors percussion)

I dance the shape

of ending and beginning —

motion’s shadow

in the heart of time.

(bass drives forward, harmonium and synths weave around harpsichord shimmer)

Hands of flame,

hands of dust,

turning within the turning —

the engine breathes the dance.

(cello drones, triangle fades, harmonium sustains one last tone)

The circle closes,

and begins again.