Poems by Themis

Kurukshetra

The Wheels turn ever faster

Down the vast voids of night;

Unknown, unseen, the Master

Controls the cosmic fight:

Unmarked the Charioteer

Drives through the desperate strife,

Swiftly to kill, and clear

The battlefields of life.

Across the path of vision

The dragon passion's curled,

The devils of derision,

The witchcraft of the world.

Today there's blood and sorrow,

Where dire powers embrace;

But with the singing morrow

Comes the beauty of His face.

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