Almighty

Almighty  

- Nagaraju Raveender • Palaparti Indrani 

The glowing fish

At the bottom of the sea

The twirling baby

Within the womb

The blood- tinged

Canine of a lion

The dead stag’s

Piteous elliptical face

The throat slashing

Hyena’s eye

On the shore

The rough crocodile’s spine

The black hole

Monster’s mouth

The rocking

Hurricane’s din

A thunderbolt!

The falling tree

The tumbling meteor

The oscillating crop

The raging hunger

He is the one, it seems,

All these

He never even sways

To flower throws and

Chimes of bell

- looks through the smoke

Of incense sticks

Into my

Shuddered eyes

Original: Palaparti Indrani. (Daivam, Telugu poem)

Translation: Nagaraju Raveender.