Time has paused and retired, so it feels from the unchangeable situations Every day the same illustrations, even the reflections fail the reality test The eyes must be looking at some emerging banter orchestrated by life Prime emotions are missing and precious conversations are misplaced Some are erased by time, others are struggling to prove their identity Thrust upon us the heavy objects with unkindest … Continue reading After It Paused
Rare chants of sanity amongst the qualms of humanity Widening fault lines; a deeper malaise that worries life Insensitive choices, tired consciousness, the antagonism Patterns of intolerance etched clearly through the ages Today, the past is dissected and interpreted in vicious words Lifting up the burden on fragile shoulders The frail constitution can barely withstand the stress Yet, stressing on the unsettling ideologies- a disaster … Continue reading A Cautionary Tale
You speak in haste and voices change tracks without warning My ears are strained while listening to your stories Before my mind can examine, they get entangled with a new theme It irks me that I cannot listen to you in leisure Go away- travel some more, gather some more stories; carry some patience next time As if your tongue is misdirected by the misdirected … Continue reading I Cannot Follow the Stories
Time is still and silence spills over yesterday’s complaints Indolent life’s moments feel misleadingly tranquil Some borrowed reasons behind the unwelcome thoughts Affectations easy, the scripted perceptions cannot clear the haze Doubts, even more, and the palpitations of yore exposed A burden of imitating the designs questions the consciousness It’s silliness to waste the tears on the burning desires Sometimes the times are excruciatingly hypocritical … Continue reading Time Still, Yields Surprises
When thoughts have a certain flavour And it is unagreeable to the fine tongue, it becomes difficult speaking them with flair; for those who wish to hear it may disappear. Leaving you with those thoughts, unsavoury, but you have to deal with the effects; the unconvincing taste lingers irritatingly. Once, the truth appeared distant and snobbish; the type of sentiment surrounding it proved to be … Continue reading Such Thoughts become a Burden
No one can decide the calmest of times Until the heart feels it is time to deviate from this path Time gathers like a cloud, only to threaten A quivering moment speaks some uncomfortable truth Looking at the clock is futile Time is completely out of breath; the way seems Startling! The alarm clock is jarring Stretched comfort, the body feels the weight of it … Continue reading Looking for Calm Times
Some darknesses are friendly, some are not, others curious, or maybe not; often they are responsible for not recognising the time and the faces around. Darkness can be mysterious, nebulous, and intriguing too. Sometimes, one adopts the mood, not out of choice, but compulsion; the coercion of such darknesses is inevitable. Darkness is magical; it finds its way with clarity, to be at the right … Continue reading It’s the Darkness
Smothering the surprises and waiting for the stars to dim Making the night different and preparing to hide from the lovely dreams Snatched away and retired to an indiscriminate world Impermanent time embedded in the soul to transform it permanently So resilient! The altered reality is happy to suppress the emotions It’s a vigorous labour to carry the megalithic burdens on frail shoulders Waiting for … Continue reading Burden of Surprises
How liberated the mind is, the thought never really arrives in a busy life Here, there, elsewhere; so many voices call, cajole, and contravene As if anchored to the demands of the world that pushes the body all along Some mysterious meanderings coerce the mind to plan accordingly All against the free background, the contrasting pictures of this life emerges Languorous time confiscates freedom; as … Continue reading Think of the Mind
Words that were born yesterday unable to face the harsh lights The constant glare, stare, is a scare for the unsteady and discontinuous Efficacious time probes them for being there at that moment When they should be nurtured with care before incoherence can destroy It is unfair for them to be sowed along superficial furrows Upon them, the persistence of life’s heavy thoughts are a … Continue reading Words Face the Scare
Amitav Chowdhury 