Quatrains Of Nowhere Poem by Debayudh Chatterjee

Quatrains Of Nowhere



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I STRIVE I CRAVE I LONG TOO MUCH

SO MUCH HER EYES, SO MUCH THE TOUCH

OF SHADOWS CAST ON DAYS TOO OLD

ON GLISTENING STRINGS THAT SHINE LIKE GOLD



YET THE DECEIVING MOODS SO WILD

KILL THE MAN IN EACH LI'L CHILD

THE EYES THAT SEE, THE EYES THAT TALK

OF MOONLIGHT ON IT'S FAINTING WALK...



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TOO MUCH THE PAIN THAT STRIKES THE TUNE

TOO MUCH THE VOID IN A CRESCENT MOON

TOO MUCH THE LUST IN LOVE'S BLUE LIPS

TOO MUCH THE TEMPER SINKING DEEP...



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THE RIVER REJOICED IN EBB AND FLOW

HAD NO ONE TO LOVE AND NO WHERE TO GO

JUST WAVES, THEY LAUGHED... AND LAUGHED SO WILD...



AND CHERISHED PLEASURE, BUT NEVER SMILED...

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