Poetry at Sangam

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THE TORRENTIAL GRIEF-STRICKEN TREE OF LONELINESS by Malika Amar Sheikh

(Translated from the Marathi by Sachin Ketkar.)

The enormous tortoise of the sky

Slides slowly

The fluffy swabs of clouds

Press against the drops of sunlight

The torrential, grief-stricken tree of loneliness

Grows inside me

And the rains haven’t poured down yet