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....

It Comes

Krishna Srinivas

It comes
Sowing fevers in veins:
flooding each pore with raging succulence–
light in the sun extinguished
dark………….taut………..siliconed.

The silk in bud is torn
and petals crimson the labyrinths
and crushed havocs hurricanes unleash
fury flaming firmaments.

Lightnings lash and floors crack
and bleed and down thy pour
dew of dawns
and heaven they hew
alone from lonely lone.

Since midnight sewed
the stars to stones
dark dark irretrievably dark
the bone in noon blazes moon
and Sun is sown.

KRISHNA SRINIVAS

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