From: radhika_gajjala <radhika-AT-cyberdiva.org>
Date: 	Thu, 19 Oct 2000 05:36:14 -0400


"is it time yet?"

have i lived my 1000 moons?

Bhishma lay on his bed of arrows

waiting...

how many arrows did Arjuna shoot today

and with what grace?


Bhishma lay on his bed of arrows

waiting...


                                                                i am not
amba
                                                                i am
karna

sometimes he thinks i am arjuna
in the faded light

                                                                    i
did not shoot the fatal arrow
                                                                    but
i know amba's anger

amba and karna are the children
you
will never give legitimacy to

            will you?


"with what grace did Arjuna throw that last arrow?
Ah... yudhdhisthira will watch the territory
after i go

in great steadiness..."

                                                Bhishma lay on his bed
of arrows

        "have i lived out my 1000 moons yet?"


i am not amba
i am not karna

                i did not shoot the fatal arrow


Arjuna's arrows flew gracefully by the battlefield
Knowing with definition

who the "bad guys"

are

                                    Krishna watched  - his song had
worked its magic
                                    of calming arjuna's doubt
krishna smiled.

                    he is not karna
                    he is not amba

what words of wisdom can you give such as these?

            as Bhishma lays on his bed of arrows waiting for the time to
die....




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Radhika Gajjala
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