New Year, New Longing Poem by PULAK DAS

- Pulak Das
As the New year has just arrived
A lot of things has to be thrived.
Let us go for a long-long drive
Without paying an anna of bribe.

Soon after a thought comes to my mind
A place of serenity to go where shall I find?
This grim account saps my body and mind
And in that thought-cell leaves me confined.

Today's world is in a hurry to burn in fury
Everyone is engaged in the act of gory.
Violence and strife is not a thing of glory
Each will realize this, as the head wears hoary.

This new year may bring new prospects of life
Where every individual can peacefully survive.
Certainly, this year we will go for a long drive
In a place where there will be no violence or strife.