Satarupa Rudrapal Poems

A wordless song is in my eyes
I have still to go a thousand miles
A ripple of delight fills my life
Come Sweetheart, come, sit by my side
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I will wait for sunset, yes sunset,
for it is then that
all creatures return home to their beloved,
and i too will return to the welcoming
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Oh Night, do not lull me into sleep
Over the miles, far away my love waits for me
Sleep is afraid to dropp on his tired eyelids
So alert is his vigil for me
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I see the moon
A crystal ball with magical powers
It has the magic to transform me, transmit me to the time when
I was with my love
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Why do memories linger?
Why do you?
What is it that binds me to you?
Spreads its web of magic,
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The sun is hot, scorching
Burning my skin, burning me
Yet I do not feel the heat,
Feel the blisters on my skin
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I can’t sleep
The night is long, unending
My pain too fresh, too intense
To cloak it with compensations
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I lie,
Fighting desperately
In a dirty corner of Brace Bridge
Wrapped in rags
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It’s really strange, strange indeed.
That nothing could simply
Change my feelings.
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There is a stillness in the breeze
The river has lost its flow
The mountains have trapped the mist
The moon has lost its glow
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