Ratan Bhattacharjee

Anger is a hydra -headed demon
A demon beating its furious wings
a volcano belching out fiery lava
a gloomy sky cracking thunders
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I was lying under the heap of bricks
One two, ten, fifty, hundred, thousands...
I could not cry any more
They all fell upon me one by one
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I am lonely
Even though one cannot tell
I am reaching out
Why I don’t know
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Dont know why I loved YOU
but its true I LOVED you.....
So much love for you in my heart
All the birds in the sky could not sing it out
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But I Miss You Most When You Don’t Miss Me….
When the sky becomes crimson red
I miss u
when the apple turns red from green in Kashmir
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All on a sudden
The earth cracked,
Things fell apart
And the centre cannot hold
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I kissed none in my whole life
Not even my wife
Nobody kissed me all my life
Not even my wife
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When I will die
My memory will disappear
like dunnest smoke in the air
Sorrow does not last
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The wild flames of fire
Has engulfed us all
Bricks, mortars, stones
All things from the roof did fall.
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Netaji Subhas
You are not dead,
You are alive
Alive for ever
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Last night God met me on the street
He said, 'I'll give you a good job in the States'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'.
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I waited, I waited and waited long...
And hoped the mail would reach me
and enter the channels of my ear
like a song......
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Waiting is a word
Waiting is a feeling
Waiting is friendship
A floating ship
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I waited amid the roar
To let you know about the shore
You and I trod all alone
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When you leave me
I feel wounded, uneasy and yet unshaken
I feel sad, unhappy but never forsaken.
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I waited all night for you
And there was only one star in the sky
The moon was missing in the cloud
And the jasmine plant felt shy
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Can one wake up while sleeping
If hope has flown away
If a vision dies with a bang
All that seem to be there
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I had my sleeping pills in my hand
MJ died last night
Nothing but pills were found in his stomach
I have sleeping pills which are now banned
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I am a phenomenal man
(Recalling Maya Angelou)
Hey, I am a man
Not Raymond’s ‘Complete Man’
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My Unfaithful Beloved

So I took her to the sea resort
thinking she was mine
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