Believe in the light of fire.
Let me reclaim my body of flame
and remain wrapped in memories.
A kingfisher watches you from the tree top
and the rain can’t wash your memory..
Music is always with you.
Do cicadas hear those rivers?
Does my loud muteness hurt you?
How gentle wind caresses the sand dunes,
burrows deeply inside,
breaks the eon of silence?
We drift in the evening mist and turn to each other
for eternity.
I cling to the hope
that you help me with your gossamer
wings to reach our last home.
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Gopal Lahiri
Picture Nick Victor
@gopallahiri
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Gopal Lahiriis a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 32 books published, including eight solo/jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across more than one hundred journals and anthologies globally His poems are translated in 18 languages and published in 19 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021.
His ‘Selected Poems’ was published recently.
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