Subimal Sinha-Roy Poet Free verse

The Journey Within

Contest : J With Four Options
Sponsor : Constance La France
Date : August 9, 2025


The unseen glow of omnipresent divine light 
floods my possessed essence, but I don’t perceive, 
for I invent free-will tenets shaping ego  
in the realm of fantasized self-deception.
    The stain of murky disdain blemishes my face,
I traverse the slimy ground of cardinal mud.
Life is stifled by corrupt clutch hidden within, 
      in penitence I feel the spiteful pangs of pain.
I travel unshackled out of despair abyss 
    on the journey within through consciousness layers, 
perceive in the soul the flush of divine beacon,
        lighting the corridor to the abode of bliss.
    The ill-conceived venture of the errant mind 
finds gloomy dead-end in the introspection path.
That’s when the door of the inner sanctum opens,
        where the lotus blooms suffused with heavenly sheen.
The soul shines with astral radiance in deep space
      with the flaring brilliance of a billion suns.  
In my self-searching voyage to eternity
        the inner galaxy makes me a living light.

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Constance La France August 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM Subimal, congratulations on your win in my J With Four Options contest. Your poem is well done and I like it, Constance Subimal Sinha-Roy August 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM Thank you, Constance for the placement and for liking the poem.

Heidi Sands August 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM Well written deep poem with a striking bright ending! :) Subimal Sinha-Roy August 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM Thank you, Heidi. Good to hear from you after a long time. Best wishes.