Sukanta Mohapatra

I just tolerated
When beautiful women
In designer sarees invaded
Our living room..
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Slowly but steadily
I am falling for
the trap of autumn night,
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The day I died
I watched my body closely
While drifting above
When everybody cried..
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What is hidden by light,
Silhouette reveals
It lets you caress the darkness
Decorating dreams as real..
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I was all dressed to kill
My heart reassured me
She would fall for me
Head over heels…
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Don’t peep inside
You may not like
What I kept inside for long
Away from world’s prying eyes
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: Come! Let’s create God:

Come!
Let us divide our God.
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Fears, my fears
Whisper in my ears
They always try
To steal my cheers..
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SLUM DREAMS
Dreams queue up to enter
the sleepy slum’s greedy mouth
It gobbles up them all
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Haughty Mountain,
Looks down arrogantly to the valley bellow
Clad in sparse foliage and rocks
Remain speechless when a fleeting cloud
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Come let us
Put her in boxes
Boxes that we are building
Since the day she was born…
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I did not cry
When they hurled
Words sharp and pointed
I simply hide from world
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Pit..pat..pit..pat
Raindrops
Knocking at my window
Trying to touch my face
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Paint a rainbow for me
Splash colors on my horizon
Change this monotonous grey sky
With a colorful vision
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I burned as rain kissed her
Showing fake intimacy
Caressing her body
While she looked up in ecstasy
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: : : Don’t laugh at my dreams: : :

Don’t laugh at my dreams
Calling me a dreamer
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I knew I lost her
As she haughtily
Placed all her cards
Kings and aces..
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: RAT RACE:
"Run, run! " they all cheer
"Win the race, run faster
Never care for who is ahead
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Verandah joins the worlds
separated by the door frame;
pushes back the outside chaos
from breaking into the inner calms...
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