Cannot reduce the glowing sun Hold it in greedy hands Stare at it with lusty eyes Glower at the bright morning Whilst feeling gloomy within Alas! Feel helpless? Become aware of human frailty Glory and gratitude is truth Insignificant facade across the earth Cannot obliterate the truth Embrace eternity? The mirage of lies will vanish Myriad desires like shifting sands Erase all the untruths ~Amitav Continue reading Cannot Be
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
Unsettled and unresolved ages ago, they come to haunt again An apparition captures the entire consciousness- it is a surrender Not willingly; a power that is difficult to defeat and deny Feigned consciousness, the arrogance to deal with the changes Creates a vulnerable space through which the forces enter Such a wretched environment created from the fatal procession Nature begins to wilt- once that was … Continue reading Unsettling For Reality
Waking up to the frail lights Talking in hushed tones Everything seems sleepy all around A weak day is uninspiring Reluctant to leave the bed Soul’s disinclined to walk along Under the canopy of frailness The stillness is only within Life never pauses but progresses Amidst stale feelings and frailness Somewhere, it must be brighter Compared to this dimension Silence births new consciousness Weak lights … Continue reading Difficult Morning
It’s not about the panegyric moments illuminating each word Delivered with a stylish accent amidst applaud and propaganda The demure, diligent, and defiant- an uninspiring combination Of the austere truth, speaking in a void, but resiliently escapes From the fraudulent frequency spectrum of amplified anarchy Where there is scant determination, but persistent intimidation Once there dwelt such trustworthy voices; now only fancy eulogies Ungentle leaning … Continue reading Proclivity
Thoughts were banished at the end of a balmy day Relentless they were, to trigger the ebb and flow of life A charmed life lost in the meanderings of loquacious ways Phantom dreams mislead the weary traveller Fame, once inscribed on the temple have lessened Weathering turmoil, through the seasons of intellectual drought The feigned gilded wings failed to take off Slumbers of spurious dreams … Continue reading Banished
It’s time to talk to time about its increasing tardiness, Cannot overlook the concept of fleeting moments- Since they do not spare life from the tumultouos events, Like stubborn crabs, they hold on to the heart in an agonizing way. Counting time on the fingers has imprinted grief instead of lines; Water sickens the skin but still won’t wash them away. Woeful clouds and stink … Continue reading Sunken Time
One has to pray that the days do not become too choleric For night suffers from a negative temper and emaciated from it The shadows look hideous when they hum painfully of spoilt moments Earsplitting echoes trigger an agonizing hallucination in the mind Wronged in so many ways, the abused days and night seek revenge Indelible smudges of intemperance look like blue patches on frail … Continue reading Choleric Days
Don’t flatter yourself much Even the mirror would want to relinquish its power to reflect the truth It wishes not to be scarred by the crisscross remarks, incisively self-aggrandizing barrage Even cursing the mirror if it fails to reflect the desired narrative Condescendingly controlling the inflated pride Caring not to smudge the frail edges of the images that are coloured offensively One may not read … Continue reading Mysterious Scenes
The heart inexhaustibly tries to reason with burning desires Eyes glisten with inimitable pride- resolute bearing unmistakable Shouldering the haughtiness in spite of uncomfortable posture Journey of meagre hope surges ahead to shatter prudent ideas Reflecting on the mirage for a lengthy period of fanciful dreams Yesterday’s journey is repeated, only to be meted out a similar fate With each advance the fate recoils with … Continue reading Uncertain Walk
Amitav Chowdhury 