An ode to the lost art of epics, Kali: The blooming flower is a story in ballad form, singing of the life and loss of a nine year old girl forced to beg around a Durga Temple in British India. With enchanting descriptions, intoxicating poetry, and a charming heroine, from the pen that bought you Ink on Paper: Stories to Set the Aura and Poems to Tell the Story, we present this captivating and thought provoking tale. Getting lost in these verses, it’s easy to forget the author is but 16 years of age at the time of its composition. A tribute drenched in innocence with a nod to something deeper underneath, would you care to hear what Kali has to say?