Lullaby Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

The train started with whistle
attained its speed
coaches started shaking
I lay down on my lower birth
the sweet tune came
gid-gid gid-gid
from the rolling wheels on the track
and continued
the tune took me back to my childhood
my village, my young mother
and to her lullaby
I felt the touch of her hand
on the right of my head
in the form of mild strokes on it
my eyes closed
the goddess of the sleep
slowly came down from the top
and sat on my eyes
I went to the world of dream
that exists between life and death
with a good faith
and came back after a while.