Dipankar Sadhukhan Poems

Are you a dream, or shadow in the glade,
That walks through golden fields where sunlight glows?
In dew-kissed winds, your trembling forms cascade,
The river bends and greets your gentle flows.
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When winter's breath lies softly on the eve,
We sit with coffee, dark with curling steam;
Its gentle warmth bids silent cold to leave,
And lifts the heart from frost to waking dream.
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Fourteen crisp lines compose this narrow room,
Where ten-beat iambs pulse like steady hearts;
The A and B alternate through the gloom,
Until the first four-line quatrain departs.
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No soul may shine with every star aligned,
For mortal hearts are forged in flawed design.
Though some bring fire, and others soothe the mind,
Perfection lies beyond the human line.
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Love heeds no rule of caste, nor hue, nor creed,
No priest, nor age, nor law can it confine.
It flows like sacred rivers, freed from need,
And winds through hearts with whispers half divine.
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I'll never taste the nearness of your grace,
Nor touch the light that lingers in your eyes.
My soul, confined within a barren space,
Still hunts for peace beneath forsaken skies.
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The light of dawn breaks through my prisoned soul,
To shatter chains of joy that love betrayed.
Once cloaked in bliss, I failed to see the whole—
A mask of passion falsely was displayed.
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By Dipankar Sadhukhan
Kolkata, India.
Copyrights@June04,2025.
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The dawn unbars the vaults of inner night,
And lifts the veil from dreams that led me blind.
What once burned bright now fades in colder light—
A phantom flame that mocked the seeking mind.
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Sanjana! Fare thee well, I come no more,
Along life's road we chanced a fleeting meet.
In thee I found what I had searched before—
Rare moments sweet, in bitter days a sweet.
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