Krishnavatar

Once Krishna's mother
peered into His tiny mouth

and saw He held the universe

inside it.

And Arjuna--if you pause
to imagine--saw Krishna
numinous,

terrible

in one loving instant.
Only Ishvara has the power
to create and to destroy.
Only Ishvara is
omniscient,
omnipresent.

Like Brahman Krishna is both with and without qualities:
a perfect conundrum of
a ring that is gold

that is a ring.