Prafulla Kumar Mohanty's
DRAUPADI - XV
Thank you Draupadi said Vasudev
while guards and others led by Alpana
receded beyond sight leaving Draupadi
and Krishna for a divine moment
of eye contact in uncoded silence
only the elements knew
what they breathed into each other.
O Fair Fireborn I felt
your fiery
message in your gift,
I hope your heart was in its own place
when you thought of the gift.
The lotus blooming petal feathers
to couch a lifetime of love!
Krishna looked deep in the eyes of Draupadi,
what role do you propose to play in history?
A bland onlooker of my play
or a protagonist of
your own world
firewalking to ambrosiac essence
leading and being led to grasp
may be time's sprouts of fresh
challenges to show you are one
in body mind and soul?
My dear Draupadi, you are on this earth
far from your lost memories of Fire and Ice,
what do you think of our men and soil
O daughter of fire, speak up, your smile
intrigues me and rolls me beyond the elements!
Draupadi ventured, do
I have
any role or
do I float in the current in helpless rage?
Yes, you have a role, you child of destiny
you will cause a river of blood and swim
to rediscover Dharma
on the shore of a new Aryabarta,
I have settled the issue of your marriage
with your father king Drupad, he wants
a true revenge hero as your life mate
and the best archer of the world shall be
your father's son-in-law through a test
in a grand Swayanbar!
If a fool wins the test
what lifemate will he make, smirked Draupadi.
Wait and see dear hold your horses
your life will be stormy yet fulfilling
you are here on earth to change humanity.
I shall be your Sakha
and you my Sakhi till the ice
burns in fury to conceive
new seeds of creation.
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