Bireswar Halder Poems

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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Tears rolling, you were moving in silence
You did not hear my earnest words
With due love you consoled and promised
For an early return with honey from the jungles.
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In a parched sunlight
An old man weeps
His rickshaw draped by shadows of trees
He broods over destiny
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Let all roads close, come to me
I'll cast my eyes on you, after so long
The more I see you
The more you bloom
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Please open the door
I am now weak, all too weak
I am tired searching you everywhere.
I desperately long to see your face
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Let me stroll alone for sometime
Don't tease me any more
Please let go the hem of sari
You are naughty to a hilt.
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