PATTERN

 

JAYANTA KUMAR BISWAL

 

After such a long silence           

Those innocent waves of yours,

Returned to the derelict shores of mine.

 

Those shy dreams of mine, tonight

Will tenderly touch

Your earth; (brooks and rocks)

Where falls the shadow

Of ancient ghosts.

 

O my dear,

Every feeling is a torture

Now or after.

 

In the sea-beach

Innumerable footsteps – intimate, intense.

Waves wash it

Only the shadow of ocean remains.

You collect pebbles

You build sand-homes;

The fact gets lost

            Only the story remains.

 

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