THE CORRIDOR

From here goes the corridor

Toward to absolute truth of

Of life, a route to consistent

Smelting the egoism, proud

Omnipotent character into

Ash, lowest temple staircase

Washes burnt bones, pieces

Of red flesh, nucleus point of

Corporeal proud, river has no

Discrimination, king, beggar –

You, they, and me everybody

Has alike destiny, the beauty

Of heart remains only in the

Pages of memory’s album, as

Sky leaves teardrops over the

Lotus leaf, on the rosy petals

Before the dawn, it gradually

Puts down the night robe, mask

Sun absorbs all the darkness,

Venom, addiction, gives entire

Emancipation, as soul flies near

The horizon, together the white

Swans, no one knows ultimate

Destination, it flies and flies -

Leaving back clouds, stars, moon,

Flowers, fragrance, passion

Love, hate, repulsive, gorgeous -

Faces, familiar, stranger, priest

Underneath planet looks some

Colorful bubbles, it laughs, no

Attraction, no interest, cipher -

Feeling, nomadic winged creature!

- SHANTANU SANYAL