Sift the differences It’s a tedious process When life is being pulled apart By the stubborn distractions One can only rely on courage So, one can hope Look through the finer details They all tell a different tale ~Amitav Continue reading Different Tales
Through the prism of comparisons Everything looks blurry and bleak There appears no imaginations and words It is a difficult craft to chronicle the emptiness But it continuously echoes like a harsh winter Eyes far away from reality, and heart sinks ~Amitav Continue reading It’s Difficult
There will be many days and many ways, monitored by time Whether you ascend or descend, the landscapes will decide For fate will push you along with the determined push of the world It is time to decide if you want to be offended by the struggles If fear drives the conscience and hasty decisions become a hurdle Justifying the chicanery to create some passages … Continue reading Days Without Destination
So many dreams stumble during the inclement darkness They emerge with gaiety with the hope of meeting the first rays of dawn What happens at the hours shrouded in mystery? Many of them are forced to be abandoned midway along the blurry paths Some of them wander on their own Guided by the cosmic instincts, but they find their destination elsewhere Whoever is awake, and … Continue reading Where the Dreams Go
I know I can’t win by racing against time It cannot be usual to suppress the morning Carry someone else’s dreams on my shoulders Walk around for a purposeless errand Think consciously about unconscious impulses And run the course like a lunatic trying to subdue time All the dreams capsize; the waves are rogue Why should death be turmoil? Living considered a struggle against an … Continue reading Against Time
How many sunsets one has to sit through and sift Before real darkness sets in like the stubborn one Many dreams and nightmares have to be crossed Dawn can only mean as much the awake soul feels It is the lucky fellows who can sniff the fresh dawn And can smile at the beautiful sky without malice Life can be expensive in the cities and … Continue reading Sunset
Yesterday is overstaying and tomorrow isn’t over yet Now that is the odd predicament this present moment is in Yes, laughable that it remains creased always One who desires to iron out this can only hope so Not only this world but this microcosm is also compromised A pattern only scooped out of a defiant pattern Of being worried and fretting over the unfulfilled expectations … Continue reading The Indecision
Literature is misunderstood more often because they are treated literally. There is that expectation to communicate with a direct narrative, without the metaphorical and imaginative inclusions. While we can say that literature does arise from the subtle observations about the unexpressed feelings of a society that is too busy suppressing them. Probably, the writer detaches from the unruly distractions and manipulations or even surrenders to … Continue reading Perception and Relevance
Although afraid of the destructions, and the demons associated with it It is often we have to face them for those who invoke them during a trance of stupidity For them who are not a part of it, they are initiated into that environment in a devious manner Some cabal working tirelessly to make existence difficult for everyone They seek satisfaction by pushing in their … Continue reading The Chances and Choices
Sometimes the recurrent themes become intensely boring Coagulated thoughts around the consciousness is a hurdle Those repetitive moments wound themselves in an odd pattern Apologetically reading them, for the eyes censure Even the mind disconnects from the familiar unimaginative narratives Such manuscripts pile up like the stoic hillocks Unresponsive and imposing as well, but they tend to be a hurdle How long does one look … Continue reading Moments Beyond
Amitav Chowdhury 