The Perched Silence
Wonderful is the dance of our courtship--
daily getting smashed to dust
daily returned to the mirthful unison again.
Isn't the concrete so brittle or amorphous
that conjoins the blocks of stones or bricks?
And yet so strong and durable somewhere
that lasted almost a life's period!
Was or is this a bond of hatred?And if so,
is it not preferable to love even,ever?
What happens to us?
Do we have some volcanic or seismic line
as our foundation?And again if not so,
does our shelter rest upon
some dangerous latitude
so as to come closer in the evening
due to heavy rain and crack apart in the morning
due to excess of sun?
shouldn't have we missed
millions of soothing words from each other
or likewise,shouldn't have we lost
millions of opportunities to come closer to each other
in our silences of slow combustion
and in our mute or enraged communications?
And these accumulated heaps of moments
of hope,of frustration,of expectation and abortion--
are they not a million fold precious
more memorable than our expressed overtunes?
Is it then this,for this blood burning,tear soaking,
shy,solitary hankering for roasting pleasure
that we subjected ourselves knowingly
or unknowingly to such an arduos penance
for those and these years ,Darling?
Copyright © Sudarsan Mishro | Year Posted 2017
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