The sun sets in the sea and rises again in the body
burning all night, like an inevitable decay.
silence is the all-encompassing,
You fall asleep, I play with the particles of light.
So many words, so many stories,
weathered and wise,
all memories are overpowering,
diverse absolutions, endless ancestries.
A tragic reflection of noise and unrest.
You stand tall in the middle of all this and
look at me with the fire of your eyes.
I search for your touch with the strokes
of ink and the pen.
Roots, birds’ beaks, a new ring of light
emanates, the broken glass always salutes
the light and darkness.
The eternal pain of not being able to express.
I’m terrified to face the past
You want to take away my inner creation.
I just wait, wiping my eyes, for the new sun.
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Gopal Lahiri
Picture Nick Victor
@gopallahiri
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Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 33 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 and Best of the Nets for poetry in 2025. His ‘Selected Poems’ was published by Classix, New Delhi. His recent book ‘Wasp and Filament ‘ was published by Hogg Press, Madison, US.
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