Familiar voices speaking of unrecognizable emotions As if there is nothing more joyous than discussing these On being asked more, the voices fumble and become distant Uncaringly leading the way, also, asking everyone to follow Towards fallow lands, while earthless feelings vanish Noises everywhere, but there is little sense in everything Walked into a trap without realising the true sentiment At the will of an … Continue reading Where It Leads Us…
Begrudgingly agreeing to the sudden spurt of conversations The night could have gone wrong- the rancour still lingers in the breath Juvenile reactions, maybe, but the day does not carry a friendly sentiment Still churning within, after having fallen asleep after a long battle With questions from the incautious world- replies stifle the tongue A careless body, tired from the conventional emotions; feels strange Somewhere, … Continue reading Agreeing Reluctantly
If the characters are not ready before the curtain is raised They are seen communicating in wild gestures, the last-minute reminder Of the dialogues and positions, one has to take Some of the poseur’s fill-up the gaps to create a distraction What if the curtains were raised a little later Everything would have seemed different The stage will witness the transformation Various stages of a … Continue reading On the Stage
The hyperbole sounds like impatience that feeds on delusional thoughts Rises, today, every day, from the devious meditations of sorcery Atlas shrinks, languages entangle, and the trajectory of life haywire On the face of this earth, probing with deceitful eyes; challenging creation The chasm between two realities are filled with mysterious hieroglyphs Here, another consciousness is at play- minds cannot settle for a moment Pugnacious … Continue reading Above and Beyond
With the personification of pain, there isn’t any clarity On the innate desire to breathe life into lifeless things It’s not the soul’s command to paint a dreary colour Time is not faithful; it’s corrosive nature disintegrates The thought of recovering barely stitched to the heart Is pulled away by the persistent gusts of a chaotic world Impulsive personification, a distortion between parallels That floats … Continue reading Another Reality
The pen feels and yields to the gripping desires Heart consents after the inky darkness plead Notes unpraiseworthy wish to surrender The critical eyes singed the heart with infamy Claim to fame with blame, but shameless voices Truth painted controversially within a circle Of conceits and conceals of immoral disguises Stubborn pen dares to correct the profane courses Contemporaries aren’t pleased with stressed syllables Unworthy … Continue reading Pen Feels
It’s not willingly that one wants to drag his feet through a surreal world Here, thinking that everything can be reversible, manageable, and even convenient According to the caprices of human indulgences that muddles our faculties Sheltering tormenting thoughts add to the frenzy of events from their womb All the ecstasy induced by some delusional phantasmagoric effects on the psyche Emanations are diluted and rarely … Continue reading Real but not Surreal
Just like old buildings, the thoughts develop cracks; it’s too early to call them dilapidated The foundations are still strong, but there’s pressure from the grouchy crowds to knock them down New fondness for the glistening ideas; although they seem to be flimsy, it enamours the fickle minds Clash of the old and new, but here it is more of a clumsy jostle for space … Continue reading On the Verge of Collapse
When silence is wild and pushes the complacency towards deeper stillness It is unbearable; the senses have become used to the daily ruminations over spoilt communications How can one corroborate the state of being in this wildly antithetical situation and life transforms From pluralism to a more secluded existence where silence punishes the senses for extravagant deviations Emerges from the cocoon duplicity, as it becomes … Continue reading Wild Silence
Writing isn’t a conspiracy but writing about it or in connivance with one is Whether a convoluted narrative or candid lies, make sure truth is buried deeper Honest confessions of deceitful desires dripping with lascivious tales Premonitions are slighted; wishing, the crystal orb will settle the fate In a Faustian deal; awaiting the overpowering of lies and triumph of diabolical will Contracts of contradictions offers … Continue reading Such Contradictions
Amitav Chowdhury 