Bireswar Halder Poems

In a welcome drizzle of a summer evening
Nature was showering its splendour on me
Rhythmic jingling of rains mesmerized me
Like a dancing girl with a string of bells.
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Do not let sorrow's tentacles bind you
Wear a smile and take it head on
Nothing is permanent in this world
Wait for its flames to lose their way.
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Do not ask for the moon, it`s for nature alone
Be human, ask for the tree - that`s human
Live within human means, ask what befits you
Or else life will be shorn of dreams, it`ll be tears.
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Lure of lustre put haze on my eyes
And I groped and fumbled. What's real?
The shine and the gleam spread night around
Like kids with their toys, I was lost in fog of delusion.
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Clean the nation, the motto makes waves
You and I eye on a dirt-free zone of smiles
We'll breathe free and pure, let's join hands
Tidy and sanctity will give us Godliness
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With insignias of sanctity and holy honesty
Promising an Arcadia of development-for-all
The Bengal Vessel set sails with vigour and verve
All hearts rejoiced, victory flag aflutter before the shore
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Everyone wants to be happy in life
Someone succeeds, someone fails
I also wanted to be happy with you
Remember, I fell madly in your love
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Poor Mother Durga was today chucked out of her temple
And she shivered with fear, prayed for life
Today she is completely powerless on earth
Shorn of sympathy and pity she once showered on us.
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I am set to uncage the caged myna free forever
Out it’ll fly from the prison-house, gleefully
Often it stares at me with an immeasurable longing
The myna dreams to fly down the open sky.
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After a long sufferings and arduous pursuit,
Day and night in your darken womb alone
With full of abominable filth all around
Ultimately I cried out with joy for liberation.
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