*THE ELYSIUM 

 

Everlasting hunt carried me in

Various destinations, how to

Settle down the frantic thoughts,

As a twister passion moved from

Earth to cipher, above the mystic

Line of horizon, snooped the

Whispering of sky, near the river

Of galaxy, in the cascade of nebula,

Followed the extinct path of stars,

Hounded the full moon whole the

Night, touched the scattering

Clouds vapors above the high sea

Level, heart didn’t acquire answer,

Scroll of curiosity became thicker,

Closely watched the unfolding

Of tender leaves, opening of petals

Tried to know the conversation

Among the dew and whorl of bloom,

Confirmed the feedback from the

Bee during sucking nectar, keenly

Gazed the rainbow sinking down

Into the ocean, asked the secret of

Fragrance, tuber rose only smiled, I

Didn’t accept the defeat, further

Roamed on the desert, wished to

Know the raison d’être of cactus

Blossom in the spiny lap, the beauty

Of sand dunes, attempted to decode

The script of wind written on the

Sand,at last gazed into your reflective

Eyes, I found the Elysium of life.

 

--SHANTANU SANYAL 

 

*(Place of ideal happiness – Greek myth.)