What separates us? Do you think it is our words that play a monopoly over us? Or is it the bestrewed silence that lurks in our conversations? Your face, your voice, your smell, your presence, all of it incessantly flashes…
Can you hear me? I’ve been trying To speak to you Revive you I am relinquishing The person I used to be Metamorphosing Into a better me I’m trying to hold on to you Pull you closer Make…
A lone drop waltzing its way through the dark claustrophobic tunnel mindless about what lies ahead. Feet on relevé dangling in air relishing a few seconds of freedom awaiting its fateful end. One girl laughing heartily oblivious to the drop’s…
Content Warning: This short piece talks about things related to death. what happens when you die? not of the body, but the soul what happens when you die? not of the people, but the regret what happens when you die?…
You are the wind in your hair, the silly dance you do when you don’t care, You are the places to which you fly, you are the morning cup of coffee under a happy sunny sky, You are the pages…
Trigger Warning: The following poem consists of content entailing eating disorders and their impacts. Reader’s discretion is advised. “If I recover, will I still be me?” The rasp in my voice is evident, As I sit by the…
They say let go of the past But my mind dwells on the whilom memories They say don’t worry about the future Yet my mind lingers on the inevitable They say that I’ll be fine But my terrors claw at…
Darling dear, my inevitable approaches The bane in my chest, a burden Sheltered by a thousand roaches The end must be a gift, I’m certain My heart cracks second per second It strains me to stay a moment more…
Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar was born on 16 November 1936. After completing his schooling from the Bengali High School in Nowgong (Assam), he joined in Indian Air Force. During his stay at an Air Force unit in Barrackpore, West Bengal, he…
Trigger Warning: The following poem contains content about depression and entails it in a distressing manner. Reader discretion is advised. I keep telling myself, Every second of every day, Hold on a little bit, Soon it will go away. …
Trigger Warning: The following poem contains content about depression and entails it in a distressing manner. Reader discretion is advised. I’m drowning in cold waters, I’m facing my heart’s slaughter. I’m destroying my own self, I’m giving up, please help.…
It’s in the heart, It is vast, It’s in drops of rain falling from the sky, It’s in the mind, making us sometimes happy, sad and shy. It’s in the air, that’s rare. It’s in every action,…
Pellucid crystals and saffron stones, Sugary soil and dying undertones, I look and look and look I look at the green stalk turn away, Besieged by a yellow light, And the flowery pink Now a mere grease in my ashtray,…
The chirping of birds woke me The faraway sound of crashing waves And the buzzing of bees Camping was the best idea I’ve had in a while Surrounded by the music of earth I can’t help but smile …
Land, fire, air, water and space Coalesce to form one Earth. The land births, the fire flares, The air soothes, the water cools. All working in harmony in the space. The green sprouts as the land splits open, But…
The little colleen looked up at her mother, Asking if the bad men were at it again. The world shook as the matriarch pondered upon her sins, Apologizing, for her ignorance was the bane. How could she explain to…
Autumn has arrived, with auburn leaves and perpetual rain, sad eyes, sombre skies. I wonder where you are. Ever since I’d been freed from the burden of a heavy heart, the promise of the melancholic seasons, my dearly favoured,…
“Even sand is delicious when you starve for months….” Fragile, febrile bodies Breathing in, the sweltering heat Baked in the sun, covered with mud Swollen bellies, clay filled stomachs. The sun Begs for thirst, and the moon Starves for food…
I confess my love to the roses by the brook, Each minute, every second I spend here Is in peace, the superficial and inane long forsook. I am entranced by the petrichor in the air, The scent disregards the…
Brutal wars have been waged, With fires, oils and guns, Crisis looming in the air, Impending doom. My trees have been cut, My grass has been burnt, My waters have been contaminated, As I gasp for clean air, now…
All acquired one moment Slipping out the next Promises once made so strong Not meant to thrive for long Mind traipsing in chaos Never braced for a face-off With the unknown that lies ahead With the rectos and versos…
Trigger Warning: Mention of death/loss. Proceeding with due discretion is advised. 1// I Don’t Know What To Do Now That I Have Lost You Can you hear me? I’ve been trying to speak to you Touch you Feel you Breathe…
Content Warning: The following piece contains content entailing general despair. Proceeding with due discretion is advised. The tears They won’t come I feel my heart Weeping But my vision, not Blurred with brine The tears They came I feel…
Trigger Warning: Mention of death/loss. Proceeding with due discretion is advised. The sky is raining; how lovely and lonely. It’s drenching the leaves, the trees, the buildings, birds, people, feelings. We’re one month on, in the middle of May.…
I am tired of being competitive I want to leave this city life. Oh! The hustle and bustle here It is so peaceful there. I am talking about a place Far away from the city face. It’s a small…
I think of the life I’ve seen Over the past 17 years I didn’t always feel so blessed I didn’t always conquer my fears What can a boy of 17 do? Not much I suppose, For I’ve just learnt…
Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Mention of death/loss, and content entailing the current pandemic and general despair. Proceeding with due discretion is advised. Here we are again, Back to chugging dalgona coffees And baking banana bread, Served with a side of dread.…
Everybody thought she was delighted, Her life was the mixture of a unique shade; But I knew, the tint diminished, And it was turning to fade. Her eyes could indicate the misery, That she had been hiding From the…
Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Mention of death/loss, and content entailing the current pandemic and general despair. Proceeding with due discretion is advised. In a state of crisis, You left us all alone, But I hope you’re happy now, To be on…
Content Warning: Please proceed with due discretion if you are sensitive to content that entails the current pandemic and/or general despair. It is ludicrous when someone says the end of humanity is near; answer me then — what ceased when…
Content Warning: Please proceed with due discretion if you are sensitive to content that entails the current pandemic and/or general despair. Deeper Deeper Deeper I drown, in the pool of my own darkness, of my own creation The abyss beneath it,…
Chalky, monotonous white walls, The professor talking on and on. The dim lights flicker out in the hall, Waiting for the bell to ring so I can be gone. But then certain dampness engulfs the room, The sky becomes…
Today I share with you all, the recipe to create some ‘Marvellous Memories’; there will be no need for sugar and salt, just the kitchen of life jingling with the heart’s melodies. First off, ignite that fire— of adventure within…
Be it a sore throat or a stressful sigh, the ultimate solution mom had was a cup of chai. A straight no was always the reply, without even giving it a sip worth of try. “Come on, we’re the…
My longing fingers curl around the handle, like they would around your waiting fingers under the window, I smell not your enchanting perfume, o’ maiden! but your homely waft with love my heart seems laden like a caress to…
We swayed and tottered together, gently. One of my arms wrapped around his, The other across his shoulders. His shaking steps in hospital slippers Weak in power but deliberate in direction. He was leading this dance, Though he was…
Words. Lately, the only thing that is running through our minds, But the only thing we are running out of these days. Thoughts, The one thing that has been going through our heads all day, Despite the emptiness of…
I sit back and retrospect today, What is the thing that stayed? Even on the days you didn’t, And on the days I couldn’t. It was love all this while, Stayed in bits and pieces, Even on the days…
Look clearly, at those eyes. With dark circles and a visage; sapped, Belonging to the pestering mother. Delusioned into a happy life; trapped Like clockwork, with dedication she works her life away. Into and through the veins of the eyes,…
Sometimes I can’t decide if the present Is really where I want to reside, Instead of those chosen moments of bliss Like that serenely exotic day at the beach, Where my hair were the waves And my soul was sun-kissed.…
