I Am In Huge Darkness- Please Wait.. Poem by Soumen Chattopadhyay

Life! I'm just in your grip -then why would you leave? Many faces, umpteen and veiled in mist are waiting. The brightness of body having faded; ethereal worms of grief eat into the skeleton.In the stream of frost wind inside the hollow bone, the ceaseless sound of the darkness continues.The night descends on the rugged hill -in my village of dead silence, breaths of nocturnal animals and birds come close-I'm alone.Nevertheless I return seeking for the touch of flesh and blood.If the feelings of the dying moments of the anguish, coming down of past cricket chirp of the earth from all sides and desired tune of flute from the firmament pierce -overwhelm and lead me to a certain level of emptiness. Hence the come back.

For long time, I'm in dark -want to be dispersed in the body of the beloved women. Please wait-don't go now, I'm witnessing the quietness of the rotten fruit in refugee -like time -has assembled much sorrow-sorrow, remaining in his own corner, has broadened me.In the saddened night, I unite with the soil-the fire of kinship plays, clotted soil of the wild earth is embellished with flowers in my hand.The warmth of the season in soil -golden feelings of the ochre afternoon accompany the secluded trees.The despair of five senses is burnt at place of worship-each and every day shouts in the sunshine, flowers of spring blossom in my quiet frost skeleton. At every moment of anguish I see pristine rock- am image of patience.

Please wait-don't go now.For a long time, I'm in huge darkness- now I'll be moistened in sun-juice.Staring at my own corrosion in numerous faces, one day I will turn in to ashes in the well-known light and darkness.