exploring the past
eleven months and one
day now, i keep exploring
the streets of Kolkata
each day
not in search of you but
myself in those places
about which you had told
stories most nights
sleep engulfed me then
so fast and your voice
could be heard like a
lullaby
Kalighat, Rajbari, Bharat
Sevashram, Howrah
Bridge, Hazra, Maidan,
Victoria, Museum,
Gariahat, New Market,
By Pass, Burrabazaar,
such random snapshots
of Calcutta
circle around me like two
parallel worlds, one in
which I live and the other
that I cannot reach but
can see you walking with
me
Reality – Illusion = You & Life
In a moment like this,
I feel the illusions transform
into shades of reality and
leave behind the residue of
truth that humans deny or
keep hidden deep inside their
unparalleled psyche…
Multiple dimensions exist
and nourish the human fate,
yet the essence of being
alive is the strongest desire
that conquers the lives of
almost eight billion people
breathing in the world…
Yet amidst such a surmise
that life is primal, and one
must reach its optimal, an
idea of non-existence blinks
in many minds
a brief moment is a miracle,
it is enough to teleport a
human to another space,
which is yet to be explored.
Looking through a window,
the sky seems eternal and
blue. Mystic dreams float in
the midst of drizzling hopes,
and some souls can clearly
see – life travels alone
without the burden of a belief
that being alive is the only goal.