Bridges and skyscrapersNeon lights to a setting SunA million lives,lost or foundEverybody for everyoneCars they come and go,Planes fly,ships flowSome swear by their coffeeSome bagels and Ginger ale to goFind yourself in anotherOr lose yourself to the MoonReading lines you wish to have writtenThe next season follows soonThe city it’s awakeSeeking and strongIt’s lush in …
Author Archives: Gaurav Chakrabarti
Into the deep
Vast, it’s so vast in hereMelt,vaporise,disappearAn unhindered flightFaultless sightWe hear,a goddess we hear. If this ocean should have an endOne step farther is my mind’s intentIf this sky should hit a wallMelt, vaporise, disappear I call. Free,we are finally freeIt’s filled with loveNo you and meThe walls they are lifted,there is no endSwim this infinity,deeper …
Insight
Strive and strive Far away are my kin Glimpses I find of Absolute Truth My arms and legs are thin Suppress my hunger,punish my body Chafed are my heels from walking Like a mirage,I lose what I find My father should know me the king I see no one as I find visions Of how …
Finally free
What ecstasy!What delight! Wide awake in repose, Emanating aeonic light! Godhead pose. What bliss!What tamed fire! Penetrating focus Mind, Slain desire! Joyous daily Grind! Heart crimson!Soul supreme! Cull serpentine attachment, Arc of life, Absolute fulfillment! All embrace! Flow of prana! State of Grace, Nirvana!
Twilight
The lake’s water reflected the night sky Silhouette of the tree that met every eye The twilight bathe every creature Mother nature Mother nurture The air tasted like love And the Moonlit stars they strode You fall for it like an apple from a tree Hearts that never broke It is where we find our …
Nirvana
Free me of my shortcomingsFor honor is the final truthFree me of my belongingsFor they all belong to youTake away my fear of deathCause Life can be more fearfulLay in rest my final breathCause I resolve to youTake away the pain of allCause suffering ain’t the endLet us know that life is justSo we never …
Lay down my gun
The city lights are a pretty sightIt’s simple June and I’m out of mightI see belles and beaus, the balloon clownThe old lady knows it‘s heavy,in this one story townI was a mindful father to my sonNot anymore,I lay down my gun. Of the numerous stories on these landsIt’s closing in on me,the water on …
Romancing War
It was a man he had killedA certain foe, fighter JoeBattlefield. He belonged to the other sidePicture of wife and girl at his strideFierce as an arrow, had left his bowIt was a man he had killed. Us and themLegions of menOught to do what is right‘Death before dishonour’Hour that tests what we stand forConscientious …
Sunshine
SunshineDont you leave us no moreSunshinePerennial as the soul It’s all getting clearerBreathe life to the bearerThe creek it is glutting through the woodsThe robin sings in exaltation moods SunshineWarm embrace to our worldsSunshineHard on ice on our hearts It is time for us to readWhat tenebrosity didn’t revealAzure skies and green watersDensest forests and …
Here and there…
A charm in our yesterdays keeps us movingGreen was the soul, Free was the livingWild as our nature, Unknown curvatureJoy in our beings,sedulously nurture A faith in our tomorrow keeps us goingLife is beauty unbounded in our beingsThe unwanted parts of self chip and fallWe find ourselves higher than heavens and all We are here …
Gaurav Chakrabarti 