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