Poems by Themis

Let me come back

Now if the debt is paid, the piled arrears

Of ancient follies strung on the Karmic chain,

Let me come back, let white light break again

Through these thick walls, and Agni's flame-blades pierce

The dead hard blocks. Burn up the tears, the fears,

Restore the purity of heart and brain,

Release the yearning spirit pent in pain,

And cleanse the clots of all the wounded years.

Let me come back. Annul the black decree,

The brand upon my soul burnt by your Will,

The being's labour in the fields of night.

Is not the exile over? How long still

Must I thus linger? Is it fair or right?

— Let me come back to you. Else, come to me.

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