THE PIERCING EYES

It’s not so easy, living without me,

In every step, mist would haunt you,

The life’s acrimony, the piercing eyes

Would enlarge the darkness,

Reluctantly you have to accept the

Dying affection, my heart is left

Over in the last ray of twilight,

Do not close the porthole, let allocate

It, in your shrinking space of emotion,

The divider line has created by

Someone or yourself, I don’t know,

But it’s apparent, knowingly too, you

Have no control to close the

Beams, which are flowing from your

Eyes, reflecting to my life, here

I’m waiting on the circle of flames,

The congeal feelings wouldn’t be

Prolong, I’m sure, the frost has to

Melt, spring is standing near

The Shoreline widening the arms,

The arctic sleep escaping from the

Sweet dream, you’re missing

The link as you desired, the smile

Says, you’re coming in close proximity

To the oceanic waves, in the

Moonlit night you look

More beautiful, so closer to my heart,

• SHANTANU SANYAL

The embryonic love

The embryonic love needs -

Some more emphasis, twilight

Bloomed with unfolded cluster -

Of tuber roses, on the roof,

Who lit the lantern early night?

The evening stars have dazed,

Asking the address of darkness,

Moist aroma of clay carries the

News of rain, edgy desires are

Chasing the fragrance, across the

Ravine inhabits the mystic land

Of devotion, in the nightfall all

Deities chant by choir of fireflies,

In the bank of extinct river, a ruin

Temple of Venus emerges from

The depth of illuminating flows,

In the midnight, emotions sit in a

Group encircled to cherry flames,

Beneath the bougainvillea shrubs,

Moonlit bath goes on, exchange

Of soul and heart, the concealed

Pledge burns in fluorescent way!

Later on dream rests on the

Flowerbed, dew droplets falls one

By one entire downy night, on

Wet lips, someone published the

Incomplete series of adoration,

Under the eye shadow, black roses

Breath a blissful relax, liquid nectar

Flows down the chin to chest,

Hearts release leisurely the ecstasy

Of twofold compliances - - - -

-- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE THIRST

Vertical crossed lines of

Forehead, the net of palm,

Pseudo character to allure the

Mass, sitting on the prayer,

Divine conversation, couldn’t

Help at last, the darkness has

Recorded all the nudity of life,

Appraisal of secreted deeds,

The suppressed flames of past,

Emerged in a volatile form,

The mirror stated the penalty,

Final calculation of life was very

Rough, the sanctified water

Declined to touch golden body,

Somebody gazed the sky with

Cipher eyes, the thunderous

Laughter rolled in all direction,

The whip of time lashed the

Bare chest, all familiar, strange

Faces stood surrounding to him,

They looked him vulnerable,

The revenge of time is cruel, no

Differentiates between the king

And beggar, the breathing

Suffocated, he shouted for mercy

Killing but sky denied, the

Destiny’s magic is unexplained,

The water was nearer to some

Steps, the thirst was miles long,

He tried to touch the source of flow,

Before reaching to waves life had

Left the accompany, stay behind

smoke and dust till the twilight,

- SHANTANU SANYAL