TRUE LOVE

Hiccup in life is not always a sign of

Remember, time fills all the vacant space

I’m before you tonight, everything is

Attractive, tomorrow wouldn’t be the

Similar flavor, this deepen love, the eyes

Full of obsession, a mania to do anything

For me couldn’t you sustained in the life

I think, sweetheart, this lunatic outlook

Might be brought the startling changes

I love you beyond the limit, its true dear

In the ovary of future what’s breathing, not

Simple to forecast, on the brittle trail of

Love, walking is not so easy, in every step

The Uncertainty would be challenge by us,

Did you decide to be remain forever near

To heart, soul everlasting, if not, please leave

This path of flames, tempting to pain in

The tranquil life would be finished the

Interest to survival, once you began the

Journey in this unknown destination, return

Would be difficult, a shadow of broken

Emotion will chase entire life, true love is

Nothing then the walking on frozen thin

Layer of a lake water, little lack of care

Might be demolished the temple of love

The ruined heart would be alone in the

Evening of life, even shadow will refuse to

Recognize your existence, beloved rethink

Once before going ahead, if tender dream –

To be broken, regrets will be momentary!

In morning dewdrops, tender flowers, color

Of sky, everything will be nearer to the heart.

- SHANTANU SANYAL

FIRST RAIN

Spiral staircase, adorned floral designed

Edge, bit by bit your entrance in my life

As moonlight goes on the roof, silent –

Breathless shadow waits, for your

Dominance, sudden embracing to chest

This unpredicted rain, creates the inner

Wet, I have nothing to control the

Oceanic waves, higher tides determined

Celestial influence are untamed, lavas

Flow, persona becomes pumice stone!

The vertical smokes goes to sky, moon

Hovers on the auburn vapors, unwanted

Captivity brings the pleasure unlimited,

The sky and earth meet through a channel

Of mist, we haven’t prudence until dawn

Everywhere was fog, fervent particles

Dropped on by one whole night, I tried to

Collect your adoration into the heart

As saturated my soul, you poured all the

Devotion by unfolded passion, before

The sun rise, crater slept for next upsurge

Our love relaxed, on the new-fangled

Hanging island, dreams sprouted later, in

The first rain, rainbow touched the

Innovative landscape, rare flowers bloom!

We left over, their foot prints forever

As we walked on the blazing trails, now

A river flows on that surface, the cold rocks

Of bank often repeats the saga of our

Eternal love, evergreen that land, enjoys

Whole the year endless spring season

Spell of rain sometimes sings the duet song!

-- SHANTANU SANYAL

SLEEPING VALLEY

Nocturnal bird, whistling consistently, on the

Higher branch, resonance breaks the silence –

Of deep sleeping valley, moonlit canopies

Builds the romantic bridge, sitting on balcony

Hill station looks a tiny paradise, as a night

Matures, desires wants to play hide and seek!

In this misty gloom, clouds are leaning to touch

The crest of mountain, unsettled, wet feelings

Trying to get fleeting refuge, you are wordless!

Gazing toward the rough trunk of tree, the

Tempest breathing, a drowsiness or hiding

Mysterious smile, your eyes say you love me,

Further than dream, I found, in this closeness

Dialogues lost meaning shrugs come out from

The ovum of passion, a fascination to sink

Ourselves in the unseen deluge of sweet -

Emotion, I try to hold, to seize your concealed

Pleasure, why you do not wish to share it, in

Your reply, life gets significance for survival,

In this long night, I saw haunting glow in your

Eyes, a recreation of elation, euphoria, a

Passion to die in love, this beautiful arctic

Ignition, the icy blue simplicity, your amazed

Face says me to keep you cautiously in the

Heart, as a fragile expensive urn, its clarity

Appeals, but I always think to decorate it with

Tender daffodils, but afraid to contact the

Glassy surface, looking to each other night

Reached to pinkish horizon, nocturnal magic

Toward the climax, slowly I cover the blanket

In your body, kissed the forehead, stretched

The twisted curtain, dawn encroaching to hills!

- SHANTANU SANYAL