Tales Of Fancy Poem by Subroto Chatterjee

Let Fancy take you in her care
And trade off logic if you dare
She's tarries with whom she wants:
foolish youth and loving taunts. (1)

Tell the world how Fancy dreams
She lulls the senses as she seems-
An illusion to the furtive mind
That's lost in love and left behind. (2)

Tell me what your Fancy loves
Cuddled up like cooing doves,
Eating, sleeping, passion play,
Free of tension night and day. (3)

But what of Fancy that cements
and robs us of adverse comments?
Of breathless joy under the tree
In fleeting moods and Fancy-free! (4)

When Fancy chooses whom to love
Then Cupid's arrow from above
Can strike a sight to the blind:
Such love is not hard to find. (5)

And when that love turns to hate
All pearls of wisdom that comes late
Is wasted on a bitter heart
Embracing Fancy is an art! (6)

24 September 2016
Mumbai