Shadows Unknown

Following the shadows of unknown forces 

Temptress impresses with an alluring gaze

Chase, the traces of some provocative dream

Desolate path, but a nonchalant heart walks

Towards the sentried gates of pandemonium

Woken up by the cunning gestures

Turning away from paradisical reality

Even an oath was taken in haste

Chaste senses were charmed by shadows

Spirit of this Earth never speaks of them

In hushed tones maybe, the darkness does

In veiled voices, the choices are presented

Celestial shifts create mysterious islands

From which intemperate dreams are born

There’s none to sympathise with loneliness

A mysterious path ruled by the shadows

Lingering uneasiness walks through the gate

~Amitav