THE REBELLIOUS WAVES
eventually, adaptation taught to follow
the path of survival, since immemorial
era I searched the truth of immortality -

from the mysteries of ogygian period
to neoteric life, nothing is changed, all
the conundrum replicated in your eyes,

the graphic art of love has a polyhedral
beauty, entire life has needed to touch -
the depth of that ocean, placid feeling
forces me to avoid the wilderness, the
perception of akathisia makes me true

human,  the sense of metemspychosis
or rebirth, all the universal philosophies
sheltered on your chest, often I tried to
sleep on your lap of munificent emotion,
albeit in the western sky stormy clouds

challenge to navigate, I didn't furl the rig!

on the rebellious waves, silent sentiment
keeps the mind cool, later sky supports!
-- SHANTANU SANYAL

ARE YOU STILL WAITING ?
the game of seek and hide, the incessantly
chase behind  the illusion, brought me in

the land of prodigious, weird moving -
shadows, venom dipped all the arrows had
missed the direction, sheltered on the
chest, tried to obviate them, it's true, heart -
ignored all the time the pain of wounds,

the injured soul strayed here and there, mum

speechless emotion remained unanswered !
dripping blood drops reminded them my
existence, I hadn't path for scape, time filled
all the bores, skin covered the spots,

maverick clouds recaptured the grey sky, in
the end of twilight I found, waiting silence -
face, on the stairs of cathedral, your arms
are still stretched for me, since centuries life

searched your infinite love, I confounded
after looking the graceful your beauty, the
destination itself asking me for final address!
-- SHANTANU SANYAL

painting by - Jeff Rowland

Ubiquitous Reflection

the chaplet of love never lost redolence -

embraced the soul in a way that I had

offered the entire life under that shadow, 

respiration graphs created aesthetic 

sketches, borrowed the beauty from the

nature, oblation of heart is nothing, the 

soul submitted in the utmost adoration,

this deep indulgence doesn't fright any

consequences, till the end of earth, the

manitou would be deviate in the universe !

to get God's truth on your sacred face,

on that capacious lap of beloved, all the

sin, virtue, love, animus, distinction, all
diversification of life get the justice with
probity, on that extreme point nobody feels

degenerated, the doors of self realization
have opened forever, a gameness is

needed only to pass the apertura with

devout heart, this culmination of love links

the soul to supreme power, invisibly that
leman scatters the indigo brilliance light,
life walks slowly towards that destination !

gradually all fallacy, mist of illusion,
disappears one by one, the abstersion
brings new glaze into the persona, the dry
eyes feel the moist, here starts the repletion
process in life, I see your image on wounded
rejected, discarded, bleeding faces, this
sensation force me to love you intensely !
-- SHANTANU SANYAL

EXCEPT THAT ---

across the jagged, sultry, thorny arid land
of desert, life traveled the journey, hoary
clouds had no time to talk for a moment !
sweating destiny didn't support I just left
it on the sand dunes, might be in the late
night, dreams had been covered with the

silky arms, galaxy, stars, moon scattered
the beauty on my meteor -crater, chest
never complained, comet had written few
lines on the oriental sky, perhaps the -

essence of life shared by integral friends
waterfalls, rivers, flowers, pale leaves, dew
droplets of web, thrived tress of wild trail,
though they inhabited far away in own world,
I feel into my broken breath several times,

loved all of them with integrity, tried the

 inclusion of smiles, sometimes spilled
down tear drops couldn't be concealed into

the heart, up down path of life in the end

became the boon, blooming valleys -
reluctantly loved me, blessed with unseen
weal, tried to share smiles on everybody's

face, except that I had no other dream,

-- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE DROP OF MOONLIGHT 

wet days are no more, flew away 

all the rain clouds in unknown space 

droplets of windowpanes dried - 

soon, gradually disappeared fireflies,

vivid moth left broken wings,

low tide of seashore had written few 

lines on the left over sand bed,

lovely moments of proximity were -

astatic, flown towards the slope, found

probably the lost path of wilderness,

time didn't look back, though I  

remained stand still near the memory,

all friends of my childhood encircled

the emotion before the sun set,

in the twilight your fingers touched the

dead sentiments, filled the fragrance,

when moon floated on the sky -

I tried my best to bloom with hundreds

petals, do not know that why fell

down delicate dream on the arcade of

life, night passed with distress mood,

eyes searched for a drop of moonlight !

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE RELATION OF BREATH 

on the invisible altar I had chanted, the

psalm of love, this adoration was for 

everybody, beyond the identity, bet or

condition, do not break the oath for -

petty reasons, the planet has plenty of

unexplored space, let me refuge in 

the heart, living alone is not possible,

self - knowledge says all the time, the

breathing doesn't care the boundaries,

amid the tear droplet and smiles, a

tiny stream flows incessantly day and 

night, perception appeals to adhere

the path of sacrifice, pride, egotism -

sanctimony are the path of subversion,

evanescent life desires only love, peace

all wide bridge doesn't know the dialect 

of crown, aristocracy, it's a medium to 

bring the traveler across the river -

on the land of adoration, altar of love !

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

  

THE CONFLUX POINT

Far away, at the bottom of mountains

two streams have a singleton origin,

they flow separately, across valleys -

somewhere, perhaps we met once

in a fortuitous way, swapped emotions,

later synapses dissolved beautifully,

each other's pride, scruples eroded,

in the darkness converted into the water -

falls, seven colors of foam blown on

the clouds moisturized the blues -

I saw your turning point towards the

half-opened window panes, the wind

of midnight, wild flying fragrance, all

together helped you to find the trails,

hitherto, observed your aslope face,

nictating eyes, effrontery attitude -

anyway I knew very well that twist in

the life, the dreadful journey was nothing

new, the diffusion brought me on the

plain landscape, unexpectedly again

your meet me on the conflux point,

I hadn't an option except to embrace

 the reality to reach the oceanic world!

once more heart desires to love you.

-- SHANTANU SANYAL  

THE MILESTONE
the battle of predominance, not yet
finished, night is ended with lot of -

bloodshed, screams,sobbing, cries

with blank expression life remained

contemner,unsung, the broken wave,

the benignity of time was not lesser,

it tried to break the dykes several -

occasion, flow of heart constricted in
the end, I learned the art of surfing
at last, shadow of nightmarish feel -
didn't defeat the dream of future, the
intuition for survival among the swirls
had given me spunk to face the time,

your love was nailing point before the
submersion of boat,anyhow traveling
to the rocky edge, filled the confidence,
in the end I touched the milestone !
-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE ASSIMILATION OF LOVE 

the last night you had embraced me 

in way that I still feel the apnea, that 

impendency raises the several query!

however on those illusive moments -

the blues unfolded the starry, bleak 

encampment, dreams were flying on 

the surface of relationship,standing 

near the creeper of passion flowers, 

heart had no escape corridor,the wet  

railing of balcony, said repeatedly it's 

raining in the remote of forest, hiding 

cyclone has its own perception, you 

can not easily redeem the touch of -

nocturnal fragrance on the body,love 

chases whole the life, all the times,

the tube roses hides the aquatic drop

carefully inside the closed petals, 

drown emotion has no other desire -

excluding assimilation in your love with 

complete authenticity, transparency 

its needed to sustained prolong aroma

in the corporal, spiritual planet with purity.

- - - SHANTANU SANYAL 

 The Concentrated Attention

the straying of mind had no certainty

it snips the life silently, from this sky

to that planet incessant race to fill the

desires,an addiction, a narcotism of

delusion invites implicit distress, pain !
heart roams on the plateau of drift -
valleys of emotion, sticking with lot of
dreams, life doesn't wish to face the
reality, in  subconscious actually we
creates the nice imaginary world, albeit
under the feet is laying helical spinose
path, the way of survival needs the affix

point of sorrow and pleasure,in the art
of balance my success was concealed,
though I wandered to search you -
everywhere, in manifold destinations, in
the dark,in the light while you have
already inhabited inner the heart since
first breathing on this planet !
-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

  

THE REPLETION OF LIFE 

here all the arrogant thoughts have died,

heart becoming leaves of lotus, glass of

mirror, your love is droplets of dew, it's

glow of pearl, wet sensation of gracious 

charm flows silently through the veins, the

spontaneous perception pulls towards -

the dream, everybody emerging one by 

one with prayer's shadow on the faces, a

blessing's dominance, an origin of love 

in cognizable way appearing before the 

vision, negativeness is loosing the arena,

in the dense gloominess the ray of hope,

showing the path of adoration, somebody 

holds the hand softly, saying do not stop,

just follow the inundation of light, this is the

land of angelic beauty, ours and aliens -

no difference, do not hang back, keep 

continue the journey, towards the cosmic 

friendship, share the conscientious love in

way, entire planet is your beloved person, 

in that miracle moment I found repletion!

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE UNSEEN  ACCORD
appetency had the unlimited sky
relations changed the facet often,
sharing the laughter, smiles was
not the denotement that you had
reined on  land of fragile dreams,
might be you had won the body -
heart remained dry, acarpous
untouched planet of emotional
glassy surface, off and on we -
gazed to each other in profundity,
nevertheless real meeting point
left over in the far away horizon,
neither you understand the depth
of love nor reached by me to that

eternal destination, slash multiplied
several times, is equal to was -
cipher, the life didn't break the
equation, a cold war of sentiments
forced us to sign on the accord for
living together beneath one roof,
undecided competition laid on the
floor, defeat and victory shared the
mysterious couch, the unsatisfactory
attitude in life, unwillingly brings
two abstract soul near to nearer,
darkness increases the curiosity in
a way, we submitted the individuality,
 fear to loosing someone fills the blank,
--- SHANTANU SANYAL

 

THE CHARM OF DERELICTION 

derelict foams of seashore hides

oyster's untouched beauty, shells 

broken corals, twigs of weeds, for

discoveries, life needs inclination,

in this junction of earth and ocean, 

 heart floats to touch the adoration,

the sinking sun often leaves the -

some touch of innocent dreams on

the steady aquatic surface, night 

decorates the waves with moonlit 

magic,silence of shoreline creates

romance in the dried moment of -

life, unknowingly you hold hand, I

accept this submission by depth

of internal heart, as lifting beautiful

mosaic dreams from the wet sand!

the reflection of tiny rays of shells - 

filling constantly the passionate feels,

alone an unknown boat plunging in

its way, on the little turmoil waves,

restless pulsation searches, the point

to throw the anchor,near the edges  

of your big oval shaped eyes, life

doesn't want to separate the persona 

from your cryptic threads of trap, 

something unexplained sentiments 

brings me in your proximity with a 

distinct essence of scattering pearls!

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

UNTITLED
the fatal venom of hatred again

spilled on the road, fangs didn't

recognize ours or aliens, blood
hadn't philosophy of prejudice, it
flown on the street, walk as you
wish on the surface of pain, tear
drops, screams, bleeding hearts,
may be one day gate of heaven
to be permit you for entry, write
on the pious shrine the names of
dead innocent souls for blessing,
-- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE OWN CREATION

The salinity of life concentrated on only

self-created miseries, I forgot to smile!

a desire to get more than imagination

made me musk deer, ran after dreams

though happiness was in my nucleus,

do not ask again for the calculation of life

all the equations cheated so brilliantly,

entire the world surrounded the persona,

own shrinkage didn't share the emotion,

it's my image, impounded many times,

complaining regarding the isolation was

so easy, mind opted acting to win them all

people, the self-polarized method pushed

me in the corner of gloominess, here my

the soul has no alternative step, except the

compromise with the condition, actually

the heart doesn't accept the defeat, the mind

has a mission to win the planet, this passion

of unlimited reason brings me often near

to the mysterious thing, this wandering habit

makes life more twisted, coiled, self

centered, simple easier path was before

the vision, I had weaved the complicated

net, in four alphabets that while the -

extraction was hidden, I ignored the truth,

I forgot to love you with the depth of dedication,

--- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE TRAVELERS
perhaps they didn't wait for me

before the dawn, left the inn
to get the first hour train,

it's happened in the life

 several  times, the needle of
clock follows only the rules of flow,
the emotions had the wings
of butterflies, weak, glassy, feeble
from the eyes to heart was
a long distance, tried to reach the
tip of adoration, though didn't
know the consequences of  love,
on the footprints, somebody
had written the meaning of pyre
deciphering the sentiments wasn't
the child's play, the life twisted
in its circle, single meaning too, I
couldn't understand, aphorism of
tear drops had short life, broken
from the eye edges, scattered
soundlessly on the floor, later sky
has decorated the space with the
cipher-code of galaxy, empty platform
of station explained beautifully
about the existence of new dream ---
--- SHANTANU SANYAL  

IT'S SO EARLIER
Precluding steps questioned often
touching to your persona, is it the
ultimate destination in life, I wouldn't
desire to see the death of dream,
from your subtle eyes, a prismatic
ray flows in way that I can see path in
the dense gloominess too, all the
masculinity here submits to adoration,
the definition of love, I do not wish to

change for an evanescent pleasure,
the bridge of emotions are so delicate
willingly too, I can't cross the stream,
the aquatic level is yet knee deep -
not so difficult to reach another edge,
let the clouds to be condensed on
blues, movement is needed to settle
down, dry monsoon has not acquired
the intensity of downpour, whenever the
flow of love would reach to the risque
point, I would be there stretching  the
arms, chest is towards the insulation
process, let torrential rain embrace the
desert of centurion thirst, do not break
the unseen boundary in premature way,
just minerals are now, in the furnace,
the purity needs the burning blue flames!
-- SHANTANU SANYAL

SELF IDENTITY

breakages of emotions, the antique 

glassy sentiments, it has had to break

one day, now it slipped from the hands

scattered on the floor, and broken, so 

what, life desires to collect all pieces 

one by one, reconstructing the dream 

has its own glamor, heart doesn't want

to  leave the crystal of eyes, it sparkles 

in the darkness of isolation, time's flow

had its different precedence, might be 

I tried to move toward the antipodes -

way, this imperil task taught to know the

veracity of life, compact, compromise 

didn't make me weak, I repaired the 

boat kept  voyage continues, you had 

no time to follow the waves, thanks for 

that, I have no option, barring to float, let 

the destination love me again with full of

passion, beautiful meaning to get in the 

misty trails that you provided the lost 

image, today I knew real self-identity!

--- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE CAUSE OF SMILE

the painful echoes vibrating

from the valleys of 

emotions, the life looks 

redundant,where again the 

mirror is broken, my 

image is scattered on the 

floor,though twilight has 

mosaic beauty,

why wounded smoke raising 

from the lamps,unknown 

face, sitting isolated, 

I don't know the reason behind 

the gloomy faces,who are 

those strange shadows,   

eagerly looking towards the sky 

its rain s prophesy, or a messianic

thought preparing for sacrifice,

gazing the glassy cross,

someone hiding, pasted the 

advertisement of season,

life almost passed

in waiting of all wellness's

 spring, didn't see anybody smiling,       

continuous a comprehensive 

silence dominated the life,

an emptiness of mausoleum,

people had have said, somewhere 

here is existed the stair of heaven,

Hadn't see you in the mist 

smokes of pain  were raising 

echoes were breaking, scattering

on the trail some pieces of 

mirror were laying carelessly,

lamps breathed at last, 

life waited till the break of day

a cause to smile, everybody could 

share a beautiful short life.

-- SHANTANU SANYAL     

ARE YOU WAITING ---

are you the far away shore of ocean,

sinking emotions desire to touch the

comprehensiveness, sand castles of 

adoration calls me as reverberation -

continuously say torrential raining is 

going on, the land of generous heart,

do not put off the earthen lamps of 

door, moon did not get the freedom,

clouds are thick, dense, gloominess

scattered from one horizon to other, 

did you write the poetry on the froth of

beach, waves are fickle to get a new 

life, it's heard that in evening prayer 

all beautiful hearts sing the song of 

universal peace, birds warble listening 

them, on that ruined temple do not 

forget to wait for me, some incomplete

offerings are remained on my empty 

hands, heart is passionate to join on 

that procession of truth, beauty, 

equality, the land of great soul calls me 

again and again to lit dead perception, 

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

 

THE ETERNAL AFFECTION

In that elusive consent, amazing

Pleasure had veiled, as in the nub

Of a full-grown bloom, often dew

Nectar, venom, snare co existed –

Restive pollens of heart desired to

Fly through the placid wind, hence

The night all of a sudden became

Decade long, blinking of eyelashes

Crippled, entire persona turned to

An enigma of life, lethal smile had

The wide ranging effects, in the

Distance moonlit blazed the valley,

Nocturnal silence prevailed away

Far away, clouds of smoke I do not

Know exactly, a feeling of mist, may

Be nomadic emotion were flying -

Above the tranquil beautiful lake, in

Magical touch of eyes created a

Aurora, the waves of passion didn’t

Find out the magnetic poles, life

Had unexpected occurrence on

Those moments, a pebble has

Thrown, the multiple waves made

The circles of sensation, a few get the

Edge, some sank instantly in the core!

A feeling to preserve somebody’s

Love for everlasting way is not so

Simple, prolong burning of desert

Carries some droplets of rain, while

Numerous arid, discarded planets have

A few chances to absorb the moisture,

• SHANTANU SANYAL

THE PROGNOSIS

in the pervasive blur of dusty twilight
a tiny earthen lamp, in the ruined
glebe of archaic shrine, in unknown
way, blinks with appetency of new
moon light, in search of prognosis!
do not close the aperture, skylight
tonight moon has been promised to
donate milky rays dipped into the -
redolence of the secret devoutness,
beneath the shadow of your eyes,
life rests for some moment to get the
beauty of truth, meaning to survival
in multifarious way to assimilate all
the miseries, pains, negativeness, in
the adamant reality of life,an affiance
that never detach from the heart,
someone is standing unnoticed in the

spinney bush, stretching generous

 arms, eager to wipe out the wet eyes,
your love has manifold shapes, the
emanation is difficult search, how do
you reach near me its subtle, but
I feel, touch accepted your beautiful
existence in my breathing, in pulsation,
- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE REVIVAL TRAIL

A note of address, flying kiss, strange

Smile, body language, all together

Made a stunning reunion promise, the

The wings of time was unsteady, it

Flew in its way, wandering emotion

Hadn’t the aviary, season couldn’t wait

For me, ice had melted on the peak,

Fresh breathing surfaced on the dales,

Unspecified wilds bloom reappeared

In the tip of inclined bough, whose

Shadow is floating on calm lake I tried

To identify, perhaps some thin clouds

Are left over in the ash colored sky,

Past moment sometimes, feel s

Nostalgic fragrance, in the tip of finger

Few drops let of memory wants to

Sustained wetness, magnetism of your

Love holds the hands, an absorb

Appeal goes through body to brain, on

The canopy of life agreements,

Compromises replacing slowly all the

Broken promise, the wind of mild -

Warmth has a wonderful effect, the

Flow of glacier gradually increasing the

Speed, heart wishes to paint again,

Write poetries see the mirror through

A different angle, an expectation

Emerging fast, a fossilized desire, a dead

Sensation, life touching the dreams -

• SHANTANU SANYAL