It is not darknesse’s fate to melancholy hold In its bosom, and cries of an unfulfilled world Tired souls can shake off a tiring feeling Such an hour need not be full of mournful wishes Consciousness can awaken with positive omen Bidding adieu to tales of unworthy storytellers Choosing to be silent and a universal dweller Anguishes can lessen the sanctity of time Oh! This … Continue reading Where We Dwell
To begin with, there are empty pages That moment feels like the dark ages Some sleep has slowed down the time A reverie stirs languidly on a loud chime Weeping darkness is waiting in anguish A feeble day has to momentarily languish Secrets waiting to be honestly embraced Anomalies in time and language displaced It is a long wait before a pen can speak A … Continue reading Not Enough to Begin With
It begins with a struggle, every day, it is a challenge Not to be smothered by the reflections and perceptions Mirrors unclean bears the torment of past Fretful thoughts are eager to occupy a drowsy mind Truth and lies, illusions and reality, hell and heaven Caught in-between- wobbly bridges won’t allow a safe passage Deep inside, there is a turmoil, feelings spill Into an emptiness- … Continue reading To Begin
When thoughts do not arise from a pure necessity, but predominantly from the interdependence between a complex common consciousness, then you do not have control over the way you perceive reality. Caught between a void and clamour for giving up freedom. -Amitav Chowdhury Continue reading What About Thoughts
Unapologetic objects jostle for space They have been established to vie for glory All-weather skin- nothing penetrates Especially the critical thoughts and woes Of human emotions and subtle dreams Once they hit the walls, they are turned away Dwelling in them, decorating the corners Is a suffocating experience- but that’s a reality Perrenial storms of ego and angst Among vitriol and fight for existence There … Continue reading Difficult Space
I would nurture the feeble dreams Allow life to breathe some consciousness Souls would not blossom For lack of profundity in daily rigours Only shadows, weakening life Life gasping for air- some fresh air Communications- the art of misdirection Eloquent, but can rarely be trusted In an echo chamber of arrogance Pandering to deceitful ideologies Truth, we want truth- echoes everywhere Lack of it, or … Continue reading Looking for Something
You can steal the colours from a painting Mastery cannot be imitated Ideas can be stolen and propagated The interpretations will be flawed Sarcasm is always original From emaciated minds, they ooze Language slips through the perforated tongue Just to be heard and taken seriously Or jealous about pure reasons Those who spend their life comprehending A life with the deepest compassion Highlight the flaws … Continue reading Often Repeated
Eyes rarely identify the natural flourish of nature Waves of transformations are diverted Settling upon vast expanses of silence Restless time eager to erase those beautiful memories Numb houses rarely stir at dawn Only life wakes up to a commotion Voices won’t settle for solitude Love dissolves in the unsettling flow Cold streams shiver a lost soul ~Amitav Continue reading Rarity
Early morning, smoky screens, filtered light Indifferent time, but irritates the sanity of life Half-awakened posture, not a masterpiece Is it laziness or perfect apathy towards busyness Difficult to know from a reticent fellow One positive outcome is that voices are mellow Filtered the baloney, but some swearing is heard Still preferable, the laid back observations They are quite keen, incisive, and critical It’s still … Continue reading Not Every Day
It is a dilemma- whether to remain sleepless in a busy world Or, be drowned in a celestial sleep and disconnect from time’s torment The kind of desperation cannot be fathomed I cannot be in a conflicting duality; a reality split by erroneous calculations Abandon the soul and venture out to a wild chase of inferior dreams Contribute to the conspiracies woven around to prove … Continue reading What to Settle For
Amitav Chowdhury 