Demonic Avatar

When times are rough and life looks bleak there is a way
Spirit assumes a material form to defeat evil force's sway
In this context, both vanquished and avatar have equal role
As one without the other will not teach lessons to our soul

Thus there once lived a demonic king, who was a tyrant to core
His rule was iron handed and his subject's angst came to fore
Mother Earth groaned in impatient agony unwilling to support
His power lust was insatiable and he was quite a cruel despot

He had a little son who was quite the opposite of his sire
Shining as a pure white light he was humble, without any ire
His presence graced a room, and he was grace personified
A devotee of the Supreme, the child shed bliss exemplified

His Father frowned on his son's allegiance to higher power
Taking him to task one day, he questioned him with vigor
Where is your God? - he asked. "Is she near or is she far"?
Does she have the temerity to come before this conqueror?

The son bowed before his angry pater and spoke with humility:
"She is everywhere in the Universe and personifies sanctity
You can see her in me and you as well as in pin and pillar
She is the causal force that sustains life in saint and sinner

The arrogant tyrant had a boon that conditioned his mortality
He couldnt be killed during day or night, on terra or astrally
Neither within nor without, nor by human or fanged fierce beast
Thus confident, he ordered his son to summon his deity forwith

The pure child prayed to his Guiding Angel with fervor
And in a rush of energy it manifested with an uproar
Breaking free of a pillar it assumed the form of a hybrid lion
Half human half beast, it sprang forth and bowed to the scion

Arrogance clouded the cruel monarch's vision and he scoffed
"What can you do deformed beast? I am invincible" - he laughed
But the apparition seized him entire and placed him on its lap
And on the doorstep cleaved him, freeing his life from its trap

Thus a waif's prayer was answered instant by Divine Mother
She appeared in a horrendous form to put an end to terror
Her form was atypical of an avatar, but assumed for dispose
Cruel king, holy child, and divine being united for purpose