Mantra
Om Namaḥ Śivāya
Shaivite dissolution as sibling to Sufi fana — annihilation in the divine.
Shadow
Grief curdled into rage — eight years in a crouch.
Gift
Fierce compassion — knows instantly where the tender heart hides under armour.
Essence
The Dancing Flame — what burned in her becomes light given away.
Between Place
The Path of the Reed — Rumi's reed, cut, singing its exile.
The Egg
Her egg travels with her to Konya; the dragon turns once when she turns once.
Karmic Thread
Linked to Naomi — Layla was the student of a Sufi master in 13th-c. Konya who was killed in a Mongol raid.
Silenced Voice
Women and the war-displaced — whose grief becomes pity or a think-piece.
Sisters of Torch