The day shines today
The brighter beams spread and reign
Dark yesterday fades
As time extends its power
Tomorrow remains unknown


©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh
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The infinite waves
Brush the rocky pavements and
Crush into bubbles
Of hope that sweeps thousand grains Of wounds and worries away


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Moments are born...

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The Mystical Creek

Droplets create illusion.
The green landscape hides
Behind the misty empire of clouds.
At times a whiff of whispering air,
Sometimes a raging wind barging
Against the glass pane.
The calm mangrove
Exudes a sense of mystery.
Shadow of the trees
Standing in a line
Guarding the swelled up creek.
Ripples in the creek silently shape,
Silently spread, only to
Fade away with secrets deep.

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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In the hope...

In the hope to strive for
The truth that was never born.

In the hope to walk
On a road that was never chosen.

In the hope to chase
A dream that never took shape.

In the hope to be wrapped in the
Blanket of mirth that was never felt.

In the hope to linger in a castle
That was never built.

In the hope to be accompanied
By a hope that never existed.

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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A Perspective

Living many lives in a lifetime,
Growing up in life, walking on the roads
Marked by conservative correctness.
Being aware of realism.
Yet nurturing the path of idealism,
Juggling behind the shadows of
What we are and
What we ought to be.
Clinging to the present
That is inherently transitory.
Unknowingly ignoring
The inevitable future
Faith in the capacity to alter
The direction of fate.
Confronting death in its varied forms,
Rediscovering a certain purpose to live.

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Thoughts of you

When the flocks fly back
In the faint twilight
In the weakest sunbeams I feel you

The wintry evenings
Standing at the edge of the glass pane
In the gust of chilly breeze I feel you

Passing by the places surreal
Once visited by us
In the precious remembrances I feel you

Under the city lights
Along the crowded sidewalks
In the surge of careless thoughts I feel you

In the infinite reveries
Where reality meets fantasies
In the crux of those fanciful moments I feel you

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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Ways of life

To feel the silence of a starless night
Yet to stay away from darkness.

To comprehend the complexities
Yet not to get trapped in a labyrinth.

To uncover the unknown
Yet not to get lost in the mystery.

To touch the waves
Yet not to get swept away by tides.

To appreciate the magic
Yet not to get captivated by the spell.

To seek the truth
Yet not to be affected by the wrath of reality.

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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Timeless Shoreline

Strolling by the timeless shoreline
Of the mystic ocean of life,
My steps get heavier as
The sands of time get drenched
With the waves clad with
The memories of yore.
Indelible impressions at the core
Of the shore disheveled
By the turbulent storms.
Climbing out of the whirlpool of past,
I float near the coast of present
To envisage the tidal course of future.

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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Enmeshed in the world of web,
My essence is embedded deeply
In the layers of cyberspace.
Oblivious of the nature lying
Beyond the network of synthetic reality
Am stuck at crossroads of reality and virtuality.

©Rumpa Ray-Ghosh

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