Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Duskfall to darkfall
The barefaced river moves.
The curled mock-island’s query
It ignores and seems
To sidle towards
The wounded west.
Daunting dusk the egrets,
White as pain, delicately
Conduct their final searches.
Tall trees and blackened
Towers are toppling now;
A city forgotten drowns
In the eddies of our dream.
Under darkfall dissembling waters
Sham a fear of ocean death,
As we ourselves have often turned
In savoured terror from
The threats of love.
The egrets are flown
Whose loveliness gave
The leaping spirit body.
The uncertain shore subsides
Into oneness with the sea.
And you, pale girl….you
I still might fear to love,
Had I not come to fear
Those white birds more.