Before he became
Predominantly male.
He was formless.
He was nature once.
Then a mountain, a hill.
A stone worshiped on
Field or street.
The erstwhile omnipotent
Omnipresent, omniscient.
Now divided, shred and
Shrunk into certain
Holy books, walls, domes
Tribes and religions.
When did he became
Absolutely parochial?
The poor must wait in line
For the darshan while
The rich can bribe their
Way into sacrosanct?
Menstruating women
And widows are declared
Impure too along with
Some other castes?
The growing distance from
The truth that he himself
Was supposed to preach.
Our God. The Almighty Lord...
Then infinite. There after
Limitless, unbound and
Now barely independent.
Who's gonna believe him?
But everyone does.
Now more fiercely than ever.
The supposed redemption
To closeted bigotry-
What a downfall.