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....

Flight of the Eagle

Sai Shivanarayana

Here below you find a poetic flower culled from the fragrant bouquet pregnant with deep meaning and philosophy, produced by a child of 16, whose life span lasted between 22nd June, 1971 and 4th April. 1988. Like a Rishi whose penance in the previous birth was broken, he revisited this planet for a brief while poems and prose pieces which reveal world-weariness and profound philosophical thought
- Editor

The flourishing mists of forgotten yesterday
Disclose more to the mind, than
The fog of tomorrow

For memories, indistinct, still
Taunt and say
Why have you traded your
Bliss for sorrow?

Is this what you dreamt of
Ensconced by love
Rechining in comfort on the
Beach by the sea?

Is this the Eagle flight sought for
By the dove?
High up on the sky where the
Eye cannot see?
The dreary, weary Earth?

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