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[ Nataraja & Silence - Two Poems ] [ By Ahila ]
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____________________________________________________________________
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Dr Ahila Sambamoorthy
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Faculty of Language and English Literature
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National University of Malaysia
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Bangi
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Selangor
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Malaysia
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1) Nataraja
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He dances in a cosmic-ring of flame
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the orbs of infinity
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beside a petalled copper tray
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bronze tier-lamp
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and brocaded green-gold silk
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The last mooing of cows lingers
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as does the sunset's red tinge
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in a land tiptoed by gods and goddesses
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a rippling dark humid soil
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of remorse
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nostalgia and dreams
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of trees spreading knotted branches
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and rain forests which nestle emerald whip-snakes
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in large palmyra vessels
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the serpents of eternity
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2) Silence
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Do not touch this core of glass
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that I will not trust onto you
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from this timorous twilight dwelling.
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Do not look into these eyes for answers
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as you tear your hair, unsanctified,
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but gaze at those desolate hills
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that dissolve into mystery
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like dark Russian melodies
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that flow into another speech,
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another time, another place.
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For I am the calm, the starfish
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who hears only the music of
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distant drums and songs and nightbirds.
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I will not speak.
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uXu #473 Underground eXperts United 1998 uXu #473
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