(31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009 / Punnayurkulam, Thrissur District in Kerala)

poet Kamala Das
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Krishna

Your body is my prison, Krishna,
I cannot see beyond it.
Your darkness blinds me,
Your love words shut out the wise world's din.

[From Only The Soul Knows How To Sing]

Submitted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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