It Still Hurts

* written in collaboration with my friend Malabika Ray Choudhury I thought my heart no longer flutters an ache in its painful landscape once wept in teary red eyes I wondered why it no.longer flutters. crushed in stampede of the world perhaps in peace , crumbs of my heart meanders in emptiness of an open window I wondered why it no.longer hurts. And then I turn around to your thoughts... your laughter... your.voice... in flick.of a second, in alluring meadows, hovering around you, my heart flutters, Oh, it was never lost, it still hurts ! Dated 25th April 2021 * Inspired by and translated from a bengali poem of Malabika Ray Choudhury Monta Hariye Geche. ,