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....

An Exchange

Yogesh G. Nair

The daily run, for a rupee or two,
A place to sleep, and be alive,
On some tasteless, rotten food,
The greed for wealth or power, at turns
And the roads they tread at times,
To let them be with us, at last,
with love or friendship left to die,
In some unknown, unseen lanes,
Turn this busy life to be,
A mad and useless world for me,
And as I try to be alone,
To live a peaceful, carefree life,
Free from all these childish pranks,
To live each day, and enjoy it,
with no fear of death, or doom,
At any turns as such,
The crowd is there to laugh at me,
And my little, foolish steps,
To move ahead, and live a life,
A unique, distinct little one,
My love, my care and selfless help,
At times, in this modern world,
Make me a mad man before them,
And all laugh at me,
As they see me, roam about,
And laugh at this lifeless crowd.

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