Eventually they pay me in rude silenceTurn away from my shadow, bypassing my soul Creating a rift within me, since I start doubting my feelingsVisions bifurcate, there, in front of me two identitiesManipulating my integrity, yet, the world is in motionLife loses momentum, these moments create a dense fogWhat once felt like a dream turns into a miasma of despairTime loses relevance, my reasoning repulsed … Continue reading Recurrent Events
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
Nought! Utter those words, feel those emotions, they’re purely yours, takes courage to spill them over Already too much turmoil, spaces encroached with trivialities, a trick to lure, away from reality Whence do you gather that courage, a timely intervention to escape the prolonged drought Lines and passages do not have a promised contract, literary journeys are lonely; face your own chaos Not the best … Continue reading Incentives
Not thought of anymore, abandoned feelings murmur still Stirrings of an ethos from which this present entrapped me, into silence Forced me to promise a silence in this chaotic world; still I enter the faint space Feels heavy on my soul, many voices, their resonance pure, although everything has changed My silence has shadows on a moonless night, but I may never dream again At … Continue reading Early Pathos
There are not enough pleasant ways to look at things Among the disorderly objects- once objects of desire Greedily produced, without the order of love and consciousness Obliquus visions, the reasons seem to descend with frolick Fear thrown into the chaos for them to battle insanely Like intruders, they destroy the dreams and nights become sinister It’s a commitment to pleasure the devil- their calamitous … Continue reading Is There a Way?
Of all that has disappeared, who will speak for them At this hour, when days are erroneously amplified Offered as an unwanted gift, intruding the morning The Sun speaks rather harshly, setting the tone Scorching emotions ignite the latent intolerance Amongst all, the eyes have witnessed ghastly images Vanishing pools reflect the pernicious realities Trickles of hope, somewhere settled deeper Nights give them hope, they … Continue reading Disappearing
Since you were not eager to be awake at the crucial hour Time flowed like the lonely brook, changing its course Trough some rough terrains and cramped spaces Proof that Earth has been under immense pressure Suffering from a kind of malady, making it pallor You, wrapped in a mistaken identity, a snug fit I have been a smudged silhouette- flowing away with the brook … Continue reading Forces of Time
Waiting for something, the eyes are wide open Slumberous souls entangled in a wily web of time For a few moments the first light looks pleasant Insurmountable losses flow like coarse grains of sand Adjusting to the new language, a kind of consolation Emotions jostle there, deep in the soul, repentantly Nothing more to gather around the grave ditches Faint borders, but steely resolve of … Continue reading Helplessness
It must have stung, but the skin has been unresponsive for a while Determining the emotions in the dark; a tiring work, disrupting the schedule Impatience has hastened the confrontations with a world upturned The shadows have been persistent, like the puppetry of unseen hands Dilemma is now an intense divide- two characters accusing the reflections Waking up to exist in a life that pulsates … Continue reading Divergence
Amitav Chowdhury 