PARADISE

Photo Credit: Sudip Bhattacharya

Sitting by the riverside,

I deliberate and deliberate,

Is there a blank in my life?

I hear a laughter; taunting,

'Wondering about a blank

at this age'?

Fifty long years,

Sometimes cheers,

Sometimes tears,

An abysmal void,

A sublime urge,

To define the indistinct,

A shadow looms

In search of the unknown,

I aspire.

Walking along the bank,

Nestled behind the Ivy,

Peeping through the doorway,

The staircase rise,

The shadow looms,

I rise.

Sharp turns,

Twisted steps,

Sudden fall,

I rise,

Excruciating pain,

Bleeding wound,

Trembling feet,

I rise.

Stars hide,

The moon bids goodbye,

I rise,
Against the rail,
The shadow lies,
I rise.

Crimson is the sky,

Seagulls fly,

My Strength dies,

I rise.

Swept me in his arms,

I open my tired lids,

His exuberant face,

That radiant smile,

Telling a tale,

'You are alive,

You are mine,

Waiting ages,

To be so close,

As if we are one,

In heart and soul'.

Inundated with golden rays,

Blossom filled pathway,

We walk hand in hand,

In heaven we arrive.