THE ENORMOUS ARCH

In the vision of life a deserted

Gate of worship waits for revival,

Offended, injured, hurt soul of -

Unidentified faces, in the mystic

Night they pick up the scattered

Blooms, on the meadow of heart,

Shadows often play with moon

Light, laughing, whispering flies

Through the wind, silently looks

Thrived, anonymous many trees,

The unique planet doesn’t draw

The hedges of barbed wires, in

This boundary less world has no

Fear of losing the precious assets,

An indulgent for each other’s pain

Makes them a beautiful cluster

Of jasmine, the passion to fill the

Silence of darkness, smiles flow

In form of sweet fragrance, what’s

Meaning of hatred, envy they do

Not know, innocent, naïve looks

Often sleep on the cenotaph of

Unsung messiah, the dew drops

Trickles one by one, they smile

In the dream as a child, someone

Moves the delicate, blessing fingers

On their uncombed hair, slowly

Life travels across the mammoth

Archway, into the paradise of love,

The shadow now altering their

Face in everlasting glow of harmony!

• SHANTANU SANYAL