Broken Emotions Poem by Sanju Chakraborty

[I sat aimlessly on my porch
The pair of spectacles lying askew
Not a sound of the morning bird
Nor the smell of the dew.
Out of the blue from the eastern corner
The bright sun-rays hailed.
Then as if to remind me of my wounds
My ‘Broken Emotions’ sailed.]

The air was damp, the sky sullen,
The storm roared ravage.
The tides rose and fell like doom
Hurling my ship like a savage!
The winds pierced the sail.
The tides plundered the hull,
Washing away the masquerade of colors
Leaving a hollow skull!
Lightning broke, the thunders screeched
My mast engulfed in fire
And yet my ship moved on and on
With a desperation so dire.
The veil of darkness mounted upon it
The maelstrom froze the keel
The cruel waters jagged hard
Wounds, that could not heal.
Jaded, fatigued, I pulled the steer
The radar unmoved still,
The macabre apocalypse would come to pass -
The Death’s desire to kill.
I roared protest and rose again
“I’ll live till I die”
And then by magic, a ray of hope!
The Sun peeps by.
The storm ends, the rush withers
I sat unblinking, dazed
My ship though broken and jagged to core
Has through the danger, sailed.

[The sun beats down, waking me in sweats
My dream comes to cease
A smile encroached on my face somber
I have found my way to peace.]