Lokenath Roy Biography

Every myth has its origin,
what shall it be
for the one in me, none has seen?
.
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I stood by the rusty railings,
of the huge cranking gate—
my gaze,
fixed on the branches all so brown;
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A broken lamp,
Torn pages shaded of twilight,
footnotes of my name.
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The armchair stands there;
what not
but an ode to your bloodshed
delicate daisy petals,
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They built us among the sands,
laid us bare;
on the chests of flowing rivers;
mountains of majesty,
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