The World Lies Veiled In Shadows Thick With Night (Sonnet) Poem by Dipankar Sadhukhan

The world lies veiled in shadows thick with night,
Where envy feeds upon the hearts of men.
Blind greed and pride extinguish reason's light,
And brute ambition wields the tyrant's pen.

The noble mind, once tempered, now deforms;
Man strikes the earth with savage, heedless hand.
The beast within takes on a thousand forms,
While truth lies drowning in deceitful sand.

Love's palace falls to gold's corrupting flame,
Its sacred halls now echo wrath and lies.
Cold eyes of law look down with scorn and shame,
And brother turns from brother's pleading cries.

Yet hope remains: through Love and Learning's fire,
May man arise from ash and climb back higher.

By Dipankar Sadhukhan
Kolkata, India.
Copyrights@June13,2025.