Monday 27 August 2012

Just Like That


We see them, we like them, we chase them, we get them, we lose them.

We fall for all the sugar-coated dialogues, failing to notice the truth that lies beneath.

We surrender ourselves, making each cell in our body vulnerable.

He touches you, and your insides cringe. He looks at you, and you suddenly feel yourself becoming even more transparent with each passing second. Its like any minute he'll see through you and rip you apart. And you know what's funny? You can't help it. Why? Because you're the one responsible for all the mess. You're the one who gave him the right to take your life in his hands to either curl it up into a ball and toss it around, or keep rubbing it till it turns into dust.

His words taunt you day and night, like arrows piecing your flesh. Neither can you cry out loud, nor can you hide your tears, cause you know that if it all piles up, then you're gonna explode, and that'll be the end of you. And all this for whom? For someone who beguiled you through fallacious promises, and left your heart integrated into gazillion pieces. Is it fair?  Do you deserve those sleepless nights? Do you deserve to go through Hell? No, you don't. No girl does. No girl should. Ever.

True that the spell of love takes its own sweet time to weary off, but remember, someday you will get over him. If you could go on for days and weeks and still survive without him being by your side, then that means you're stronger than you imagined, cause you could have collapsed, but you didn't. Instead, you faced all that bunkum, and not for once did you flinch in the eyes of others when your inner self was whimpering with the loss of your apparent world. And trust me, it was all worth it; all those late-night trips to Memoryville, all those broken fragments of glass, all that 'smiling through your tears' act; all of it, just all of it. Cause now you know your worth; you know that you deserve someone who'll see his world in you, and not bring your's come crashing down the roof.

Yes, you'll move on, cause Life ultimately teaches you how, and you'll realise that maybe it wasn't 'your' time back then, maybe you'll have to wait. For the one, for the one who belongs to you, and only to you.

Now on a lighter note, do you know what the tragedy is?
It’s just that the guy you want doesn't know you exist, and the guy who likes you is the one you don’t want.
Tragic, I know.
*sigh*

Sunday 12 August 2012

A Cherub's Diary


Shrouded by the comfort of peace
Encompassed in the blissful ignorance,
Opening his wonder-filled eyes
He glanced around the ambience for benevolence.


Prodded to be on his own
Confounded and quivering he lay,
Rolling his doleful eyes
His baby steps struggled to find a way.


Waddling and quaking through the wobbly road
And clambering down the dim lane,
Plagued by a jitterbugged soul
He tried hard to appease the aching pain.


Every turn he took, everywhere he saw
Wickedness disguised in an apocalyptic attire,
Couched under layers of deceiving smiles
Lay knives of slashing desire.

He hopped, howled, weeped and scowled,
But cruelty curbed to melt,
Nearby, amassing from fragments known and lost
Silhouetted a figure, calm and svelte.


Caressing the flushed cheeks of the lost soul,
On his tiny trembling lips, she cast her glance,
Her angelic touch, like magical feathers
Mounted them into a chariot of trance.


Clipping down its twirling claws, they landed
Into the heaven of his lost home, 
He shot an incredulous look all around
Oh, tears conglomerated with naive foam.


Embracing the blessing of blessings
Bidding goodbye to every jiffy of unnerving disdain, 
He smiled through tears of happiness reborn
And whisked his way into his homeland again.

- Sayantani Sarkar.




Saturday 11 August 2012

The First Dance of the Monsoon


The nebulous clouds blanket the sky
Every soul takes a joyous leap,
The soft wind gushes forth
And my eyes glitter with utopian hope.


Baby droplets descend along the kaleidoscopic path
Oh, my heart wants to swirl around,
A melancholic tone echoes through the trees
Wishing to break through the barriers tonight.



The carriage of blissful ignorance
Carries you to a world unknown,
Where all the avarice is expunged
And sinless simplicity still dwells.



Where the nimble feet stretch out in glee
And ballet through the unsullied land of ecstasy,
Where the music of sanctity flows through the valley
Rinsing away all the dirt of agony.


A smile of reminiscence plays on my lips
As I amble by the rain swept ground,
My heart travels to a territory left behind
And tears of nostalgia accompany along.


- Sayantani Sarkar.