Fables are real compared to the reality that births them Who can focus on life and probe its nature so patiently? Life’s truancy becomes unbearable even to the misbehaved boy How much muck can those hands gather? Deface and defame the facade of life with vulgar graffiti Unclean thoughts desecrate the mind at odd hours Abuse finds its legitimacy in mainstream communication A foolish mask … Continue reading From Stories that Emerge
It is sorely tormenting to witness the speechlessness Thought of to be of some noble dreams the persistent contentions In fairness, the arrogant diktats have settled deeper Eyes never look for anything but the strange occurrences Compassion suffers silently amidst the fuelled parochial pride Sinewy thoughts strangulate the consciousness; it’s suffocating Love clings for clemency from the unsolicitous assemblies So mightily the fear has struck … Continue reading Painful Reality
You may not always see the trap Sometimes, you may feel something’s amiss Words have been arranged to ensnare Beautifully crafted- fancy and clever trap There are strainers too, clogged and smelly Words’ stench and stuck forever Some new one will be poured through Again, it’s a network of sifters What pours through is a pungent liquid Smells abominable with repugnant ideas Words caught in … Continue reading Trap
Are we becoming chronically serious? As society becomes more technical, clinical, and algorithms oriented, there are certain aspects of human behaviour getting erased every day. Now we have access to information and digitized knowledge databases to educate ourselves, but there are not enough credible teachers, who are philosophically balanced to help us analyse every piece of information. So, we are absorbing a huge amount of … Continue reading Settling the Doubts
Oblivious captives of the mind, an irony of life unfolds Words are spoken without care, sheathed in unconscious incisiveness Directions of life go haywire and precariously balanced on edges There’s not enough pure love to nourish the ailing intellects Picking up the strewn crumbs of knowledge and feeding the mind Immature revolts are repulsive as they expose the grotesque thoughts An idea of success is being … Continue reading Oblivious
Amitav Chowdhury 