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Arctic Acuity

Mind marooned in complex convolution, obscurity singular in each living entity. The psyche silhouettes unique elements, to alien attributes they won’t adhere. The reserved recess hides the riddles, sub-conscious search completely clueless. Probing entreaty, the preserve persuasive of outside world, can’t contrive the forsaken mind. A pining prisoner of own making, a crumpled cocoon in introvert isolation, I see subsided all the faces fading faceless in oblivion, me wedged secluded in egoistic web of self-adoration. My morphed mind turns Nemesis, makes a mirror of mirage for me. Gazing gripped, lurching to the oasis, it’s only me I always see, reflected radiant from cobalt cauldron of the luring lake, confined content. In self-veneration, a pretentious perspicacity of fake facsimile, I notice Narcissus in me lonely lurk. A secret switching over to obsession, specter senseless lies latent, languishes listless beneath brazen layers of arctic acuity in the dark, frozen…

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Date: 4/24/2024 12:24:00 PM
Dear Subimal, your rich expressive verse is deep and filled with creative imageries reflecting a maze of emotions "The reserved recess/hides the riddles,/sub-conscious search/completely clueless" and A pining prisoner/of own making,/a crumpled cocoon in/ introvert isolation" - wow! As always, lovely strings of alliteration grace your poetic introspection. Congratulations for your win in Brian's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
Date: 4/24/2024 10:28:00 PM
Thank you, Susan for your kind visit, and for wonderful comments that encourage me immensely, especially when my poems don't recveive many comments.
Date: 2/8/2024 1:23:00 PM
I enjoyed reading your write with a great ending. Have a wonderful day..................
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
Date: 2/18/2024 11:31:00 PM
Many thanks, Paula.

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