The slant of the pen decides its mood
Whether the pages will be slashed or sink deeper
Leave uncomfortable narratives with ink
Craftily interprets the mood of the writer
Sinewy words could be revived
Or, drowned in some agony of disenchantment
Chronicle a discourse of human dilemma
Reluctant words choke the pen sometimes
Only to be deluged with a feisty harangue
Black or blue, the pages shall speak up
The writer holds on to the pen in agony
~Amitav
Amitav Chowdhury 