THE ODYSSEY

The wild trail of odyssey, escapade

Has its own unusual charm, the

Life moves beneath the shadow of

Moonlit giant trees, the black

And white shades reminds, relation

Between the teardrops and smile,

On the surface dried leaves says the

Saga of spring, the fate of pride,

The evergreen desire, ruined empire,

Somewhere I tried to trace the lost

Apparent, glass made splendid ring,

Once gifted by an exceptional friend,

The cane shrubs have been missing

The needle tips, wild fire ashes the

Twigs, the night wants to share the

Dewdrops, but bloom couldn’t

Opened the lips, orphan dreams had

No refuge, wandered in the silence

Of vale, in cavity of stem few drops

Of last rain, provides life to orchids,

Optimism had the infinite glamour, the

Exhausting night desires still to

Play with muscles, bones, chest but

Doesn’t want to touch the soul, this

Peripheral affection carries the internal

Pain though it releases despair for

Few moments, endless voyage agreed

On the provisional pledge, but the

The profundity of heart left over on the

Stairs of ancient temple end, rejected,

Neglected emotion weeps in isolation,

• SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE DEEP SILENCE

The dream gets down through
The orchid creeper, on the
Shrubberies, moon rests for
Some moments on the canopies,
Walking parallel to silent
Lagoon edges, we reached on the
Land of mystery, the moist
Proximity, and the blooming night
Throws the fishing net, the
Restless expression of passionate
Face, it’s difficult again to keep
Away from the wobbly lips, in this
Frisky moonlit, wouldn’t you like to
Blend the blissful submission,
Whispering wind passes softly over
The dripping leafstalk, uneasy
Tiny blooms don’t wish to fall down,
Dreamy eyes spray the extreme
Mist, how to hold up dwindling legs,
Circle of arms, addictive breathe,
Desires walk on the spiral of spinal
Chord, drowsy moon sinks into
The flying thin clouds, vivacity fills
The cavity of gloominess, on the hilltop
Smokes have risen from the
Crater Lake, a stagnant volcano wakes
Up, the reflection of the moon floats on
Scarlet lava, stubborn, dense clouds
Flown the entire night, arctic wind
Before dawn, closed the open
Windowpanes, after that deep silence,

    SHANTANU SANYAL

THE UNFADING BLOOM

Into the abyss, depth of heart

A gleam, unfading bloom resides,

All the time the grace comes out

From your innocent face, this

Purity reacts magnificently to my

Life, I try to follow path of love,

Peace, tranquility, harmony, it

Gives me a diverse sensitivity, in

The inhospitable condition I feel

The startling tenderness, every

Time, where did you amass the

Beauty of winning heart, I often

Think that, the sweet accompany

Opens the entrance for patience,

The despair, gloom of life goes

Through the process of liquidity,

The series of your illustration

Moves in the wet corona of vision,

Heart searches, immensely your

Unseen kindness in the faces

Of hurt persona, in the discarded

Soul, salinity of tear drops, I don’t

Know, never seen to that icon,

However, it’s true that someone is

Ruling my body, in the subliminal,

That illumination shows the trail

In the subterranean darkness, this

Belief that you love me, never

Allow me to hate anyone, even if

They don’t follow the way of sacrifice,

I have nothing except to share

The love beyond any description,

- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE CHANDELIER

Looped fervor, docile sentiments

Before the dusk, the chandelier

Moves, one end to other to touch

Your heart, expects radiant effect,

The creative desires have no rest,

Eccentric creeper tries to enter,

To hypnotize the gloominess of

Life, I know, the seductive touch of

Your eyes, makes an halo to grip

My genteel feelings, this way of

Looking towards my dormant,

Sleeping dreams, I intensely stalk

To your mysterious smile, while

Darkness creates more enigmas,

Moreover your cascaded laugh

Dissolves, the proud, the maleness,

Often I found myself beneath the

Cold flames, unseen ignition effects

The persona, this flouting process

Goes through the inner most, the

Sadism or extreme love brings

Me, near your beautiful planet, I

Become the nebula to merge in

Your unexplored terrain, this flare-up

Makes the natural lake, monsoon

Fills the everlasting thirst, your

Consents blooms in a sequence of

Lotus, the life rotates in axis of love.

- SHANTANU SANYAL