Ishaisms

On Gérome’s Art

Truth, thou art draped in false raimentsgagged and pushed down the deep wellTruth, thou art abused by many claimantsYet who owns thee? Ah, none can tell!Truth, thine rage is as the swell of seasthat in thine bosom doth rise and leadthee out the darkness, naked light to reveal...and strip bare all... that seek to clothe… Continue reading On Gérome’s Art

God, inspiration, Ishaisms, Poetry

Nārāyaṇī

'Sita in Ashoka Grove' It was called Ashok-the grove of no sorrows...where, she, held by forcedwindled 'tween gloomand the faithful hopeof rescue by her LordSay, O, Tree, she spokein a dusked, despairing hourTo thy name be truelend me a branching handthat my hair may as rope free me in soul, if not in formAs winds,… Continue reading Nārāyaṇī