Enlightened Barrier, Enlightening Mobility(Translated By Gautam Priyam Mahanta) Poem by Sameer Shankar Dutta

And the lofty flight of mine met with its inevitable fate.
There was the dead end to greet me.The stark dark vacuum.Forced I turned back.On the horizon I saw you still looking at me!

The yellow attire that pronounced your frame was all ablaze,
With remnants of resident hope I had refused to acknowledge.
A distance from where I could've gazed into your eyes,
I saw but two burning stars indeed!

I shook off my labyrinths of illusion and took the long trodden path to you
Only to see another labyrinth ahead, as I inched forward!

But I persisted, banking on the only hope alive, that's you!
I persisted, and saw the deceptions evaporated before my eyes
Those two were but mirages of the path I had lost so dearly.

And I inched forward.

I'll catch you by the time the dawn breaks.
Won't you wait for me, holding the crimson sun of a whole new beginning!


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