Arjuna II

Arjuna II

by Azly Rahman

and under the blood red sky He shoots arrows
drawn from the darkest dungeon of his Self
and thunderous was the sky
... tempestuous was the raging sea yonder
with a million eyes of the storm staring
and He saw like precious drops of rain
arrows turned into lotuses
multicolored
falling down one by one
like fingers falling of a hand dejected
He smiled ... in his dark shining armour He smiled
as the sky grew bloodier
the Earth below burst out in Anger -- ar