echoes of a mountain

Oh God 
Lord of mercy 
In these clothes 
By the river Ganges 
I am torn, drowning 
In the waters of Krishna
Taking my soul to it's depths 
Like a fish in it's territory as 
When the storm passes 
I have drowned 
- Lord Krishna 
 In these cycles before you 
 I am your humble servant 
-
So it was in a 1000 days
That I walked past your rivers and mountains
In this white cloth 
Splashed with the red blood of tiger
That I had come across 
In the great mountains of India 
As I looked into the panting mouth 
Of this fierce animal
Is it so threatening or merely 
A passing phase - that 
I mistook a tiger 
For life upon this earth 
In the days of dark 
And the nights lit by a moon's white beam 
Krishna the Supreme
- 
I am walking past your fallen leaf 
Past your tree 
In the great jungle of India
I'm walking past your mountain 
Into the belly of the valley 
Where snakes live with trees
As trees live with tigers 
Where deer are drinking water 
Where the water stands still
Waiting for the moonlight
In this great pain
The tiger is growling as 
Lord 
   Krishna chants peace 
Within the echoes of a mountain