Ashvini Swamy Poems

I hear you again Papiha, at dawn

As you sing of your conquests & triumphs
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Any moment now, the night-silenced birds will sing,

Any moment now, the ink sky will bloom bright,
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There is an asphyxiating silence
For the chaos lies dormant in me,
There is an uncanny stillness here
For the tempest slumbers in me,
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My soul yearns for bairaag while my heart lusts for samsara;

My mind is set on mukti but my body is ensnared in bondage;
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My heart handed to you on a platter

Garnished with blind trust
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Wasted harking against a shut door,

Heartstrings strummed with such gusto for nothing,
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So what was to be an epic love story

Lasted for just as long as the lightening danced on the horizon-
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From thy dark chalice you compelled me to drink this misty brew

Promise of sweetness and serenity agog, I drank deep…
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From twilight to twilight I strive to shun the light,

I love autumn days, winter more still
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