Firm is my Faith.! True is your Promise.!
The stampeding flash floods
Gobble away in greedy bites
The broad banks
Of this lonesome river
Like a victorious army
In vengeful assault.
The fresh floods
Roll and tumble,
Foam and swirl
And ruddy in fury blind
Thunder aloud
In downstream rush.
Their spirited 'ho..ho.ho's
Hang in the air
And ring everywhere.
The warring winds
Harshly lash the rain
Tearing its fleshes
Into bloody bruises
Making the rain
To howl its wails.
Blinding 'palich' thunderbolts
Dagger to shreds
The flabby clouds.
Monstrous thunders
Crash their fists
Plumb on heads
Of heavenly spheres;
Their shattered splinters
Scattered fall
On countries far.
The brawling storms
Tear their hairs
And bellow in
Ghostly roars.
O..is this
Five Elements '
Ferocious dance?
Amidst this chaotic
dark midnight moments-
On the banks of this turbulent river,
Covering my head
With a ragged cloth-
Through thick screens
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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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