*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.)

THE JUVENILE CREATION

The silence of seashore signified

Somewhere is existed the wind

Depression, abruptly waves look

Wild, vicious mind-set, I afraid,

Might be execute tonight to me,

In the climax of festivity you didn’t

Look once, though I offered the

Life for you, near the grand piano

Heart was laying carelessly, fingers

Didn’t touch wounded emotion,

The chandeliers light scattered in

All the direction, your eyes were

Overlooked the darkness of my

Life, as the rain clouds passed in

The late night, arid land of esteem

Waited for a drop of compassion,

Presence in your celestial world

Was not more than an antique vase

Standing in a corner carrying desire

Of some bunch of red roses, you

Didn’t look to me by mistake, how

To explain you that breaths were

Clogged on that moment when you

Smiled, though that was not for me,

The silent love might be suicide on

That night, but a sweet sensation

Remained for entire life, one drop

Of tear seeped down, formed the

Pearl of memory, an infinite glow

Of first love, eternal juvenile poetry

• SHANTANU SANYAL

THE FRIENDSHIP

Shedding leaves doesn’t meant that

Autumn is nearer, sometimes tree

Has no alternative, new tender leaf

Needs the space to explore the sky,

The old ethics if no revive it to be

Oxidized, the life needs the change,

Nature has its own priorities, season

Says just assume the cheerfulness,

Who knows the next moment, we

Would be together or not, these

Meeting point of emotion grows the

Blooming valleys, do not hesitate

My dear friend to accept the reality

That my love is for you, it’s not likely

The dreams would be translate always

In visual beauty, the coins have had

Two sides, dark and light are bonded

In infinite way, little bit compromise,

Some plus minus, give and take, this

Acceptance without any conditions

Fills the colors in the life, the thirst of

Completeness creates misty mirage,

Sharing the life down the one roof

Becomes the nightmare, the link of

Two bodies break after one night, its

Better to think before handshaking,

The heart is meeting or not, if not than

Desire to walk together for long

Walk would be miserable, neither you

Would live nor my existence would be

Meaningful, here is the turning point,

To say the good bye by smiling face –

• SHANTANU SANYAL