Voices Within (2021)
- senguptac
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min read
Three of my poems have been published in the current edition of Setu Bilingual Magazine, based I Pittsburgh, USA. It is guest edited by the eminent poet and Sahitya Academy panel critic Gopal Lahiri. My thanks to the editor Dr. Sunil Sharma. Very glad to contribute and be a part of this edition with so many versatile poets and writers.
Desires
Threads of desires
stitch the moments of life.
Flame-colored desires
drifting up through
a thousand aching fissures
in our hearts...
wandering and wending,
carving a jagged path through our being,
murmuring the tales of yen, glass- crystal;
riddling us, tearing us in two,
until we surrender
to it’s hissing voice of longings.
November in our soul
Wet bark
Ripe apples
Burning firewood
Mouldy mushrooms
Mournful thoughts
Warm quilt
Cozy covers
Falling leaves
Crisp air
Chorus of colors...
a landscape coming alive in its dying.
An end to one season,
a beginning for another;
tints of November
lingering in the frosty network
of our souls,
like memories
of falling leaves.
You never walk alone
You never walk alone;
the pebbles of your lot trudge along,
some scars meet up at the next bend,
summoning the stubborn hills of responsibilities;
and the burden of sorrows,
betrayed by destination, follow on foot.
Sometimes, on the old mission trail,
some good thoughts
join in,
carrying the last smiles of the year,
like a fragrance through the air.
They come, then leave
as suddenly as they come.
Yet, I’m not left alone;
for, I walk
to the song in my heart,
to the caress of the grass,
under the detached blue of the sky
with muffled footsteps…
Photo Credit: Pixabay.cm, Valentin
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