I should have listened to the inner warningsReduced the volumes outside, pulled myself away from the repetitionsBefore habits destroyed the transformation of lifeNot too late though, now I have realized that I relied on conformityHow every idea form a complex clot in the system, resembling a ball of tense nervesIt happens, when too much worthless ideas are poured across the channelsHoping to sail across, a … Continue reading Listening too Late
Sapless day, words scattered here and there like distraught emotions Knelt before an unsparing timeHoping for auspicious signs, as long as this body can bear the heatFeels stifled; the unbearable stillness evaporatesTears of pained earth dries up- sometimes pain is unexplainableNature’s hardened landscapes offer no solace Eyes drift beyond the consciousness, hoping to find magical changeUndoing the harsh treatment of existence is an arduous taskIf … Continue reading Cure the Pain
The world blinks, it’s momentary, even evades our consciousness Shadows slink and move towards an oblivious horizon Skipping a beat, the heart beckons the mind, a timid response from an hyperbolic instance Without realizing the shift in instincts from the overburdened reality Nothing is realistic, noting down some variety of deviance Rising degrees of conflicts, a perpetual delusion off the hazy landscape Feels unreal, but … Continue reading After the Shadows
The strong dose of denialEnough to calm down the frenzyEverything is settled, or, so it seemsWho would have rallied through difficult terrainsLike an adventure predeterminedUnfriendly cold, distant worries of homeSettles deeper, in the trembling bodyEmbracing the feelingsAlso, preparing for the inclement gripFrom every corner of the landLanguages become braverHeld in frosty breathWildly beating heartNow, they are surroundedWith prayers and assurancesThe chants of the land echoesShattering … Continue reading Denial and The Journey
The courageous conformity, voluminous misconceptions run after them, like a lasso trying to control the game Either everyone adheres or coerced into a twist where thoughts take a convoluted shape The audacious performances of fake seriousness, with a sophisticated script dramatically unfolded A misdirection, a vehement push to control the psyche; each and everyone through trained institutions Depreciated thoughts, usually they facilitate the mediocrity to … Continue reading Courageous Misdirection
Do not be awake to honor the clocks Here and there, measuring life like stern sentinels Sometimes warns us, restricts the adventure Even before I contemplate being a wanderlust Time spies on us, the most ancient spy on earth Confessions of our vulnerability tricked by time Seek healing from time? It knows every grain of secrets Keeps us distracted by the setting up of events … Continue reading Being Awake
Is creativity sustainable during adverse times? The throbbing pain of wounded epoch starts bleeding Dreams are a rarity, unfed by the soulful tranquillity Fate is an enigma as shadows disguise themselves in cunning ways Morning promises are dragged away in the depths of despair Revolting pleasures deluge the vast lands of disrepute -Amitav Chowdhury Continue reading Sustainable Creativity- A Poem
I’m skillless while trying to elaborate the ordinaryFind less exciting drawing the usual reflectionsOf an excessively adorned mundanity that life isStoring the emotions in some forgotten dark spacesLearning the foibles of love that cannot endure the comparisonsEulogizing the empty sympathy with tedious speechesDressed by time, the garish overtures of striking the age into perspectiveFrom the persistent emptiness and fragile emotions, a craving for the unreal Being … Continue reading Skillless-A Poem
Trying to dissolve the past moments in a chaotic time At the dwindling hour of another year that will be a memory Though it will be tough to place it amidst the bygone years Difficult chapters and an unbound manuscript written in muddled ink Another shelf hastily crafted from the decayed wood- sun hasn’t been kind Neither has poetry flowed generously from the subdued poet … Continue reading To Another Year
Amitav Chowdhury 