R.E.M. Poem by Avik Datta Gupta

As I get swept away by the lashing waves of time
I need a dream to hold on
And latch off myself
To flow in synch with the everflowing river .
Dancing into the tranquil sea
Where I'll be free from all sorrows and fears
And laugh aloud at my weeping peers.
High..High..I'm a guy in the sky
Where the Sun is my shelter
And the Moon is my eye.


As I got to see you far away in my possible pasts,
You were smiling all the way,
Humorous teardrops rolling down your cheeks,
From my eyes...
Washing your face with true overflowing mirth,

I bid goodbye to an unseen man on my birth
And now, I need to bid you all good care
As I lay motionless in the air
Darting towards the receding horizons
I'm certain you are somewhere there