Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Lakshmi Gopinathan Nair <lnair-AT-uclink2.berkeley.edu> Subject: Surya Here's an old poem I wrote: Surya: Where are you now? Giving me so much Just to take it away? This is too cruel My body grows yellow and sick with pallor. Mother is relieved. When will I feel your embrace again? The fire of your kisses. I wore the marks of our love on my body with pride. You gave me a new skin and the courage to turn a deaf ear to the lashing tongues of gossips Mother burned with shame. Even if I tried to hide the truth, she could read the tell-tale signs. Is she not a woman too? She lamented her fate cursed with this dirty daughter and her strange ideas. Her repeated warnings were to no avail. "Who will want you now?" she cried. Perhaps she was only trying to protect me. Keeping me inside even as a child away from your gaze. She taught me to fear you. But you showed me how to love rebellion With your gentle smiles, and even your harsh embrace. And for a short time My smile flashed whiter and brighter against my arrogant darkness. But now...
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