SRINESAN

A POEM BY 

SRINESAN

Rendered in English by Latha Ramakrishnan(*First Draft)

THE CRADLE OF GODDESS

A Family comprising 

Mother, Father and Child

was killed by the Goddess

by carrying out an accident.

As the Mother was a good soul

The goddess sent her to the paradise 

on the right side

Calling the Father a cruel fellow

She pushed him into hell 

on the left side.

Not knowing whether it was good or bad

She kept the child with herself.

The child that began to cry

craving for its parents

continued to weep non-stop.

oud into cloth and lighting a rope

twining them both

the goddess tying a cradle in the space

placed the child in it and started swinging it.

The cradle oscillated between

Heaven and Hell.

The child that started seeing Mother 

on the right side

and Father on the left side

stopped crying.

The goddess heaved a sigh of relief.

But the child began to sob again

Poor thing - The Goddess

completely forgetting 

whether to turn the child good

or bad

started swinging the cradle

and she is swinging it ever.