People have been silent for a while Tired from the incessant troubles Only sighs and wailing can be heard Shattering the deceitful silence Children do not dream of the future Puzzled with the grown-up woes Holding their hands during upheavals Here, for what the portent time brings At the doorstep of fragile minds Now, out in the open, a daunting sky Surrounded by fear, inauspicious … Continue reading Disturbing Silence
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
What does not fit in, manifests itself boldly Ultimate clarity does not feel the urge to explain Cowardly criticisms run parallelly- they fail miserably The immensity of knowledge is not afflicted by trifles Grudgingly, they move on, slithering into an abyss Miserable feelings are like a hastily excavated woes From the roots of a venomous world, they flourish Pushing yourself from the precipice of suspicion … Continue reading From Where They Emerge
Absolve the soul of unnecessary ridicule Unable to yield to the conspiracies Through numerous unplanned journeys Out of desperation and restlessness Whose fault is it to venture? None of those dreams troubled thee It was the rush to possess something else An affinity to roam the darkness Erasing the directions and guidance Befouled languages crush communications Life on an uncontrollable flame Struggles of a soul … Continue reading Unnecessary Ridicule
Whispering words Tired words Struggling words Uncanny words Tragic words Condemning words Redacted words Where in the word is any space left for curing it? Diminishing chances, fading hope Scope to build on hubris Yes, accumulating debris The glitch in the minds Trying to overpower the space Constellations to be rewritten Fate repositioned Again, the words are not enough But the free will to desecrate … Continue reading Rogue Words
While there is a fear of locks, they also keep away the intruders Also, the locks have a scornful expression and stare intimidatingly Locksmiths may know the tricks to overpower them and compel them to unlock Crooks learn the magic too; it’s their passion to manipulate them to submission It becomes a mechanical profession of disarming the locks Doors become irrelevant, the disdain vanishes, they … Continue reading While Being Away
Time forgets to reach out to the auspicious moments The idle reaches of those fictitious promises fail to impress There are barren stretches through which fiery paths run Treacherous deals fill the contemptible crucibles of gilded fame Tempers soar across the cluster of hungry abodes; it’s a shame Turning against the great odyssey, the tracks have been burnt Timorous lot raise their voice to intimidate … Continue reading Tempestuous Times
Not much can be done with the paralyzed truth Trying to arouse the untruths for brief pleasures When the souls have been taken away from life It speaks feebly and crawls to the nearest lies Acquired taste becomes an obsession that lasts The essence of the secret underground intrigues It’s not infallibility but the truth that’s benumbed ~Amitav Continue reading Little Significance
As murmurs become thin, the patience of listening wanes An imaginary bridge seems precarious and becomes a reality Stretching the mind towards a strenuous territory Rumours widen their influence during this fateful momentum Only the fools will dare to tread on the flimsy path Silence feel docile, but the congregation of clouds feel hostile Many oblique references of the past There never have been stretches … Continue reading The Stretches and Journey
When we cannot keep pace with peace it feels absurd Calamitous dreams flow like the unknown rivers of the netherworld That warm feeling of drowning the self in the desirous current There could be an uprising of a wintry feel- the self-contradiction Frozen time stabs threateningly like a thousand steely knives Stalactite thoughts claim to subdue the mind with fierceness When shadows become bigger than … Continue reading Eluding Peace
Amitav Chowdhury 