Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih Comments

The ephemeral world we exist in is presented in all its transiency by a world 'created' where life after death is a plausibility and a 'paradise' built creates a yearning to live. However the poem opens many tantalising doors into deeper conceptualisations, one of them being trust.

The idea of morphing into a particular aspect of nature further solidifies the speaker(s) 's intent at arriving at a juncture where both consolation and security  are effectively procured.Whether it be the brook's soul cleansing ability or the nurturing quality of the tree, the hill and the cloud, nature apparently shelters those who yearn for comfort.

The answer to this is the bewildering interlocking of the idea of transmutation and security in both poems. A separate reading of the two poems paves the way to better comprehend how a physical metamorphosis alludes to a kind of assurance of security as a consequence.

While being an immensely well  integrated poem in itself it is all the more baffling that it is a collaborated work by two poets. Besides the laudable ingenuity of merging the two poems to a sterling effect, what the footnote on the poem describes as 'resemblances', invites the reader's curiosity as to how far these similarities extend.

Intensely personal with a candour that seamlessly weaves its way into several lines while harbouring variegated references to nature interlaced with internalised fears, the poem is a compendious expression of the inherent need, of us as humans, for mutuality and security in our most intimate relationships.