Empty Circle Poem by Gayatri Phukan

Empty Circle

Gayatri Phukon
(Translated from Assamese into English by: Shakil Ahmed.)

After becoming free from
All mundane engagements
A handful of soothing moonlight
Floating like an empty circle
Pushing me forward
To prepare for competition
I went on marching forward
Suffered from frustration
Underwent pangs of life
To get the coloured golden deer
After crossing thousand miles
I could feel - - -
Everything is meaningless
I became a happy man
For one day only
Tomorrow -I may wander about
Searching for a new dream
Again I will suffer
From a new pain
Again I will realise
The emptiness of life
In the process I will die
And one day
Tomb of my grave will
Break into pieces.