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....
One look, you judge him sane,
but he was all the time
egged on to the edge
of a precipice.
Stone walls had built a labyrinth
he walked through to find too late
his game far overshot
by its price.
Circles with closed spaces, some
straight lines with strained faces
of their lost causes, a few
smug squares nestling
in key places,
ladders leading too
to equilateral triangle, a cute
form built with acute facts,
surprise slips into snake pits
which dismember bit by bit,
discotheques to distinguish
him with every sullen wish.
His signals were crossed
and the colours tossed
an ambient amber in his dish.
Free traffic was now
so tragic, though
he knew not how.
In the world of worries too,
the big one eats the small,
a free-for-all fight,
each flying his individual kite.
Suddenly there was sure
pandemonium in the hall
where the bells rang all at once
a call for permanent cure.
As colours mix to make white,
the blend of thoughts is a bland
feeling for something to hold tight,
and madness merely a godsend.
–RABINDRANATH MENON