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....

Trespasser

S. Samal

The streets were calm and lordly
the Janes languid and lonely
I paced like a
happy prince
under the cool
starry night.

Thoughts blazed
like the flash of a lightning
and were instantly crystallized.

but now the streets
are crowded and noisy,
pestered with tension and worries
lanes haunted by police
and parish-dogs
thoughts totally estranged
from this busy
and bustling land
if at all it happens
to steal and trespass
once in a blue moon
it is caught and
throttled in no time.

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