Bireswar Halder Poems

INSANITY FOR LOVE

My mind is no more with me, it's in the dumps
I don't know how can I recover it?
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Let grief and pains shower on me
To cleanse all the inner stains
That divert one to a wrong path
And darken whiteness of soul.
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What makes a human heart lose sheen to be a beast?
It's compassion, light and love for the other.
In how many ways can we say that we're not civilized?
What shames us, what makes us dark creatures of God?
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I am a caged bird for so many years
The two legs are in tight chains
I always keep staring deep into the blue sky
And I wait eagerly for dawn of my liberty.
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When I was mired in anguish and sorrow
And no light of hope breathed in despair
When utter gloom was stalking me all along
You were to me like a stick of the blind.
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Let me burn continuously, like a candle
I’ll radiate light for all, those floundering in dark
Darkness is the curse you and I will long to escape
None feels the burn of a slender wick.
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The plant nurtures its new born bud
It celebrates joy of motherhood.
You planted with hopeful pleasure
It whispers conveying you the message
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Erosion nibbles slow in a steady march
It invisibly spreads cankers as wood-mites
It blithely runs as the world
Immerses in worldly pleasures.
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Once the story was mirth and glory,
Of sweet memories and shared joy.
Peace ran deep in the family,
Life glowed everywhere, life smiled.
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A bomb explodes, we take this lying down
It splinters, mangles bodies, cuts human life
Some become invalid for the rest of their lives
The devil dances in blood, on the fallen bodies.
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