Revival
Blue gauze of sleep rises and falls
on blue islands, blue trees.
Coal-dark coral dreams
of incoming tide.
Taut threads of time have woven me
to this shore of unravelling.
I am a prayer of knots untying in slow
obeisance.
Honey drips from oriole’s flute-song.
Usha stretches ochre arms, sighs,
casts copper tresses on satin
swell.
Call me a pilgrim in this palace of dawn.
Ahead, that blaze of tolling gold.
Behind, the trees turn emerald
in awe.
Usha: Dawn goddess (Sanskrit)
Saraswati Nagpal is an Indian poet, a writer of fantasy and sci-fi, and a classical dancer. Her graphic novels are female narrative retellings of epic Indian myths. She is published in The Atlantic, Atlanta Review, Acropolis Journal, Dust Poetry and others. She has a forthcoming chapbook with Black Bough Poetry, Wales. Social media: @saraswatinagpal
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