EXCEPT THAT ---

across the jagged, sultry, thorny arid land
of desert, life traveled the journey, hoary
clouds had no time to talk for a moment !
sweating destiny didn't support I just left
it on the sand dunes, might be in the late
night, dreams had been covered with the

silky arms, galaxy, stars, moon scattered
the beauty on my meteor -crater, chest
never complained, comet had written few
lines on the oriental sky, perhaps the -

essence of life shared by integral friends
waterfalls, rivers, flowers, pale leaves, dew
droplets of web, thrived tress of wild trail,
though they inhabited far away in own world,
I feel into my broken breath several times,

loved all of them with integrity, tried the

 inclusion of smiles, sometimes spilled
down tear drops couldn't be concealed into

the heart, up down path of life in the end

became the boon, blooming valleys -
reluctantly loved me, blessed with unseen
weal, tried to share smiles on everybody's

face, except that I had no other dream,

-- SHANTANU SANYAL

THE DROP OF MOONLIGHT 

wet days are no more, flew away 

all the rain clouds in unknown space 

droplets of windowpanes dried - 

soon, gradually disappeared fireflies,

vivid moth left broken wings,

low tide of seashore had written few 

lines on the left over sand bed,

lovely moments of proximity were -

astatic, flown towards the slope, found

probably the lost path of wilderness,

time didn't look back, though I  

remained stand still near the memory,

all friends of my childhood encircled

the emotion before the sun set,

in the twilight your fingers touched the

dead sentiments, filled the fragrance,

when moon floated on the sky -

I tried my best to bloom with hundreds

petals, do not know that why fell

down delicate dream on the arcade of

life, night passed with distress mood,

eyes searched for a drop of moonlight !

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE RELATION OF BREATH 

on the invisible altar I had chanted, the

psalm of love, this adoration was for 

everybody, beyond the identity, bet or

condition, do not break the oath for -

petty reasons, the planet has plenty of

unexplored space, let me refuge in 

the heart, living alone is not possible,

self - knowledge says all the time, the

breathing doesn't care the boundaries,

amid the tear droplet and smiles, a

tiny stream flows incessantly day and 

night, perception appeals to adhere

the path of sacrifice, pride, egotism -

sanctimony are the path of subversion,

evanescent life desires only love, peace

all wide bridge doesn't know the dialect 

of crown, aristocracy, it's a medium to 

bring the traveler across the river -

on the land of adoration, altar of love !

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

  

THE CONFLUX POINT

Far away, at the bottom of mountains

two streams have a singleton origin,

they flow separately, across valleys -

somewhere, perhaps we met once

in a fortuitous way, swapped emotions,

later synapses dissolved beautifully,

each other's pride, scruples eroded,

in the darkness converted into the water -

falls, seven colors of foam blown on

the clouds moisturized the blues -

I saw your turning point towards the

half-opened window panes, the wind

of midnight, wild flying fragrance, all

together helped you to find the trails,

hitherto, observed your aslope face,

nictating eyes, effrontery attitude -

anyway I knew very well that twist in

the life, the dreadful journey was nothing

new, the diffusion brought me on the

plain landscape, unexpectedly again

your meet me on the conflux point,

I hadn't an option except to embrace

 the reality to reach the oceanic world!

once more heart desires to love you.

-- SHANTANU SANYAL  

THE MILESTONE
the battle of predominance, not yet
finished, night is ended with lot of -

bloodshed, screams,sobbing, cries

with blank expression life remained

contemner,unsung, the broken wave,

the benignity of time was not lesser,

it tried to break the dykes several -

occasion, flow of heart constricted in
the end, I learned the art of surfing
at last, shadow of nightmarish feel -
didn't defeat the dream of future, the
intuition for survival among the swirls
had given me spunk to face the time,

your love was nailing point before the
submersion of boat,anyhow traveling
to the rocky edge, filled the confidence,
in the end I touched the milestone !
-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE ASSIMILATION OF LOVE 

the last night you had embraced me 

in way that I still feel the apnea, that 

impendency raises the several query!

however on those illusive moments -

the blues unfolded the starry, bleak 

encampment, dreams were flying on 

the surface of relationship,standing 

near the creeper of passion flowers, 

heart had no escape corridor,the wet  

railing of balcony, said repeatedly it's 

raining in the remote of forest, hiding 

cyclone has its own perception, you 

can not easily redeem the touch of -

nocturnal fragrance on the body,love 

chases whole the life, all the times,

the tube roses hides the aquatic drop

carefully inside the closed petals, 

drown emotion has no other desire -

excluding assimilation in your love with 

complete authenticity, transparency 

its needed to sustained prolong aroma

in the corporal, spiritual planet with purity.

- - - SHANTANU SANYAL 

 The Concentrated Attention

the straying of mind had no certainty

it snips the life silently, from this sky

to that planet incessant race to fill the

desires,an addiction, a narcotism of

delusion invites implicit distress, pain !
heart roams on the plateau of drift -
valleys of emotion, sticking with lot of
dreams, life doesn't wish to face the
reality, in  subconscious actually we
creates the nice imaginary world, albeit
under the feet is laying helical spinose
path, the way of survival needs the affix

point of sorrow and pleasure,in the art
of balance my success was concealed,
though I wandered to search you -
everywhere, in manifold destinations, in
the dark,in the light while you have
already inhabited inner the heart since
first breathing on this planet !
-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

  

THE REPLETION OF LIFE 

here all the arrogant thoughts have died,

heart becoming leaves of lotus, glass of

mirror, your love is droplets of dew, it's

glow of pearl, wet sensation of gracious 

charm flows silently through the veins, the

spontaneous perception pulls towards -

the dream, everybody emerging one by 

one with prayer's shadow on the faces, a

blessing's dominance, an origin of love 

in cognizable way appearing before the 

vision, negativeness is loosing the arena,

in the dense gloominess the ray of hope,

showing the path of adoration, somebody 

holds the hand softly, saying do not stop,

just follow the inundation of light, this is the

land of angelic beauty, ours and aliens -

no difference, do not hang back, keep 

continue the journey, towards the cosmic 

friendship, share the conscientious love in

way, entire planet is your beloved person, 

in that miracle moment I found repletion!

-- SHANTANU SANYAL 

THE UNSEEN  ACCORD
appetency had the unlimited sky
relations changed the facet often,
sharing the laughter, smiles was
not the denotement that you had
reined on  land of fragile dreams,
might be you had won the body -
heart remained dry, acarpous
untouched planet of emotional
glassy surface, off and on we -
gazed to each other in profundity,
nevertheless real meeting point
left over in the far away horizon,
neither you understand the depth
of love nor reached by me to that

eternal destination, slash multiplied
several times, is equal to was -
cipher, the life didn't break the
equation, a cold war of sentiments
forced us to sign on the accord for
living together beneath one roof,
undecided competition laid on the
floor, defeat and victory shared the
mysterious couch, the unsatisfactory
attitude in life, unwillingly brings
two abstract soul near to nearer,
darkness increases the curiosity in
a way, we submitted the individuality,
 fear to loosing someone fills the blank,
--- SHANTANU SANYAL

 

THE CHARM OF DERELICTION 

derelict foams of seashore hides

oyster's untouched beauty, shells 

broken corals, twigs of weeds, for

discoveries, life needs inclination,

in this junction of earth and ocean, 

 heart floats to touch the adoration,

the sinking sun often leaves the -

some touch of innocent dreams on

the steady aquatic surface, night 

decorates the waves with moonlit 

magic,silence of shoreline creates

romance in the dried moment of -

life, unknowingly you hold hand, I

accept this submission by depth

of internal heart, as lifting beautiful

mosaic dreams from the wet sand!

the reflection of tiny rays of shells - 

filling constantly the passionate feels,

alone an unknown boat plunging in

its way, on the little turmoil waves,

restless pulsation searches, the point

to throw the anchor,near the edges  

of your big oval shaped eyes, life

doesn't want to separate the persona 

from your cryptic threads of trap, 

something unexplained sentiments 

brings me in your proximity with a 

distinct essence of scattering pearls!

-- SHANTANU SANYAL