THE DEFUSING NIGHT

Thunderous sky, layers and layers

Of rain clouds deposited in lower

Ambiance, the darkness emerged

Before the twilight, stimulated the

The sluggish excitement, though I

Had no preplanned desire to cross

The limit of your consent, hearth

Was lit, as the temperature gone

Down, in the lower vale it was

Raining, in a blink it reached over

The tiled roof of bygone era, the

Passionate wet evening looked as

Bottomless night concealing lot

Of beauties, graph of hesitation

Didn’t sustained longer on the top

Of ethical lines, it crashed, dropped

Speedily down amid the warmth of

Breathings, tried to touch the shore

Stone but waves of stormy ocean

Didn’t spare time, on that flimsy

Surface the magnetic needle failed

We hadn’t more choice to accept

Each other’s life, that sinking jointly

Brought back the theory of rebirth,

The shared adoption of pleasure had

The artistic glamour, soaked into

The heavy rain, wet fragrance of love

Filled the vacuumed portion of life,

The hearth fire had the ashes of

Sandal wood or something else, the

Entire night had sweet scented by

The strange perception, as realism

Our souls met tonight in infinite way!

• SHANTANU SANYAL