THE REALITY OF LIFE

Transoceanic was starry night, just

A blessing of angelic love, you put

The face on the collarbone, poems

Were born with aesthetic beauty,

The warmth of breath created the

Fervor from the roll neck it swirled

Through nerves, sky adored our

Seclusion, we ignored the rest of

Planet, lost the life in each others

Arms, moonlit waves washed away

Anchors of ethics, those precious

Moment witnessed magic of love,

Shoreline was left far away, on the

Arousing ferry, reached to weird

Land of fireflies, chirping sound of

Crickets, ardent rain of midnight,

The verdant island taught the way

Of survival, dripping water drops

From conical leaves, beacon of love

Flared entire night, we had seen in

Distance sinking of resentful world,

Acrimonies of civilization looked

As the switching off earthen lamps,

One by one in a sequence, all the

Bigotries had died, our planet was

More beautiful, we had no desire

For paradise, in this submission point

All the greed, extra needs became

A matter of worthless dream, we

Learnt the real survival, touched to

Infinity, achieved the reality of life.

• SHANTANU SANYAL