Shiva holds, while Shakti flows

Aum Sai Ram.

The Kitchen has now become a sacred space for me,
For it reveals a deeper understanding of life naturally.

Today as I was washing some vessels with the tap open,
The water was flowing top down all so forcefully.

That's when a sudden flash of realization hit my head,
When I realized that just like the Tap, Shiva is cold, steely and steady.

And He holds within Him, the vast waters of Time and Space (T&S) inherently,
But it is the invisible Shakti which gives the water (T&S) the power to move.

Or to flow, fall, to wet, to cleanse, and to dissolve the rest naturally,
But if the tap is tightly closed, Shakti too becomes entrapped within it.

No matter how powerful Shakti is, it is Shiva who contains Her in Him,
Regulating Her powerful flow, so she doesn't find a way out of Him.

Causing wide spread chaos, in Her all-playful mood of making merry,
Without Him She cannot flow, without Her there will be no water (T&S).

This is how closely Shiva and Shakti are related to each other,
Just like the holding Tap & the flowing Water you see...