BIRTH OF A SAVIOUR

 

PROF. KOTA S.R. SARMA

 

When Snowmaids dance in hotter pants,

And shepherds, eating fleurs-de-lis.

Turn wolves and throw their trusts to winds:

And goddess Nemesis is broken apart–

­Head crossing seas, and limbs afly–;

But pedestal tied to weight of fears–;

Will liquid Fire then burn our feet,

And Heaven-in-labour groan in ‘hell’?

Will magi see the ‘tyger’ slide

Back to his lair from wasted wait,

His tail-tip goading shivering thighs?

 

 

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