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Amitav Radiance Apr 2014
The assumptions of a human mind
Not concrete, but spoken with impetus
Sometimes hitting the mark
Or else, shattering the truth in parts
Even before the truth finds a hearing
The assumptions add to an ordeal
As the truth relegates in the dark pit
Our fate almost like a pendulum
Wavering from here and there
The scream from within, no one hears
Waiting for a patient hearing for the truth
As the truth being cloaked by assumptions
Darkness of someone’s mind comes to haunt
Churning a vicious tirade against truth

© Amitav
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
The sequestered stream
Flowed to meet the river
Its soft murmur is healing
To ears that longed solace
Drinking the sparkling water
Quenches the thirsty soul
A tryst with calmness
Revives the weary soul
Amitav Radiance Nov 2014
Home smells of love
Wafting aromas of feelings
Warm embrace of walls
Loved ones are here
To support each other
We give it a heart
Where love pulsates
Bonding forms the core
Smiles color the events
We dwell in it
And it, in us
Amitav Radiance Apr 2014
The skin will wrinkle
The bones will become brittle
Age will take over one day
Consuming the human formation
Voice will tremble
And diminish the ability to speak
With weak eyes, vision will be blurry
Losing the near and dear ones
Left alone without any company
There comes a moment of epiphany
That only love is eternal in this universe
We will all perish someday or the other
But the heart wrapped in love is infinite
There are not boundaries and demarcations
No restrictions to love
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
Under the empty night sky
So many moon gazers waiting for a glimpse
Playing hide n seek in the clouds
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
Perched upon the window sill
Trying to figure out the gestures
Of the silhouettes of the night  
Eventful day is away in back-stage
Now the stage is set for the night
Even a whisper reverberates
The night winds lend me their ears
As I sit alone on the window sill
Narrating the events of the day
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
It’s neither me nor you
Not here or there
Moments have stopped
Mind is at peace
Only seeks the eternal
The only truth
Narrated by inner voice
Travel beyond
To unfold the scripts
And learn about life
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
Incense sticks burning
Aroma spreads across the room
Thoughts swirling away
Silence prevails within
Amitav Radiance Jul 2014
The caterpillar is busy doing its job
Gorging away at the leaves
It has the duty to grow rapidly
Chrysalis gives it a new identity
A beautiful butterfly comes to life
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
A lonely traveler
carrying the tales of distant lands
shows me the way…
Amitav Radiance May 2015
The heart’s not homebound
Wanderlust soul seeks to travel
Through the enormous universe
Feel the harmony of cosmic energy
This heart wants to travel beyond
Like an unburdened soul, with valor
Veer away from the usual path
Prepare for the eternal travel
Multiple destinations and one purpose
To enter the wormhole of space
Traveler always and enjoy the cosmic circle
Whirlwind of a tour of the vast eternity
The heart’s not homebound
Amitav Radiance Feb 2015
Treasure is at the core
Hidden deep within
Away from the limelight
Concentrate on the point
Move away from periphery
Towards the epicenter
Of the concentric circles
Power embedded at the core
As you delve deeper
You will be aware of power
That can create tremors
Much beyond the epicenter
Ripples of change and realization
To transform the ordinary
Upheavals can shake away
The hollow existence
A force which can transform
Amitav Radiance May 2015
Glide till the end of time
Break away from the illusion
Experience a smooth ride
With the harmonious waves
Big sea of nothingness
Plunge deeper and swim alone
Experience the tides of change
Away from where you have been
Now you are free of everything
Float in the vast sea of oneness
Soul is fluid and adaptable to truth
Free flow of energy through eternity
You are nothingness and everything
Amitav Radiance Nov 2014
Staring at the blank sky
When there is no action
Abandoned by birds
And not a speck of cloud
Rare moments
When sky is lonely
Is that the time
When gates are opened
For my thoughts to enter
Beyond
No one comes between us
Only the silence
That shrouds me
Suddenly a whiff of wind
Making its presence felt
Yes, I am alive
Stirs my senses
My eyes transfixed
As my soul interacts
In an unknown language
Never before I spoke
I try to lend my ears
Mesmerized by the melody
Heart feels alive
What flown within me
Wakes me up
As I still stare at the sky
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
Dripping honey
Attracted to the honeycomb
Beware! Bee stings…
Amitav Radiance Oct 2014
Whisper the words
And they will be audible
To those willing to listen
Amitav Radiance Apr 2015
An avalanche of feelings
Razes the pseudo silence
Growing discontent
In the deep caverns of life
The silent demons
Awakens from deep slumber
To wreak havoc
On the disguised perfect life
Smiles of discontent
Keeps the heart happy
Amitav Radiance May 2015
So much avarice
Brings existential crisis
Race to fill coffers
Depriving others
Living a deception
Rancor spills over
Darkness has
Never been darker
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
If not dwarfed by the
Everyday challenges
And the sameness
Let’s reach for the
Window ledge
We may have lost sight
Of the outside world
Tinted glasses
Reflected the rays of hope
Only darkness within
Stretch beyond
And reach for it
To view a whole new world
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
When I visit a place
Which many have visited before
Leaving their footsteps
Venturing on my own
Free spirited and I walk freely
Nonchalant about the previous visitors
Leaving my own footsteps
Along the unknown alleys
Which were still hidden from many
I look around with new perspective
Not how history describes it
Memoirs were written
Forgotten in the annals of libraries
I chronicle my own experiences
My heart unravels a new myth
Which is completely my own
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
Walking along
Having taken the busy alley
Going nowhere
Amitav Radiance Apr 2015
When words become banal
We would converse in silence
Heart to heart, a deeper impact
Feelings will reveal themselves
And emotions would flow freely
A peek into each other’s world
Welcomed without malicious words
Haven for conversation
Eyes would convey much
At the window of the soul
Ardent believers would understand
Let words become banal
And not hide behind a façade
Embrace each other with love
Build a synergy of known souls
Live this life with clarity
Amitav Radiance May 2014
I will stealthily come
To steal, the treasure in your eyes
Ready to surrender to you, for my crime
And willingly serve a life sentence*





© Amitav (Radiance)
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
Beatific sun kisses the night goodbye
The Morning Glory is in full bloom
In the tribute of another beautiful day
Azure blue petals kissed by morning dew
There hopes bloom where the soul smiles
Beautiful silence ushers a precious gift
Another beautiful day
Amitav Radiance Nov 2014
The day has a beatific smile
and the sun adds glamour
shimmering rays
dancing in perfect harmony
aroma in the wind
intoxicates the soul
another opportunity today
to dance to it's tune
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
Lingering aroma of generosity and kindness
Defies all seasons and blooms each day
Abundance of hope if nurtured with care
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Your smile holds the secrets
Of the beatific day
Eyes envision the brightness
In the heart
Words of gratitude cascade
From your lips
Your touch stirs hope
In the lifeless soul
Your heart has enough room
To hold our secrets
Your aura dispels the darkness
You are the creation
Of my most beautiful imagination
Dream within a dream
I wake up every day, with a smile
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
Some memories are so beautiful
That they never fade away
Cutting across the darkness
To light up the present moments
Into eternity they will travel
Bringing solace till the last
They are not meant to let go
Till we have seen the last day
Amitav Radiance Apr 2015
Sun kissed lips
Glistening with passion
Trembling naivety
Luscious words drool
Yearning to be tasted
Sun kissed lips
Drops of honey
Makes the day sweeter
Amitav Radiance May 2015
The flute yearns
for the lips to kiss
Dancing fingers
In rhythm
Nature’s tunes
Play hide n seek
Music of the soul
Reflects
celestial harmony
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
As we say goodbye
During the day
Daylight creates a divide
Between the togetherness
As the whole world cheers
Welcoming the day
We lose each other
Throughout the day
Lost along the busy streets
Not even follow your footsteps
Waiting for the night again
And not be strangers anymore
We shall be familiar, again
Listen to each other calling
In our signature tune
Nights will never be the same
Amitav Radiance May 2015
Pray to the clouds
To shower you with love
Every drop will revive
The parched garden
Collect every drop
With care
See through cascade
Get a glimpse
Of natural beauty
Glowing with pride
Planted seeds of hope
In your heart
Let dreams wake up
And hope take root
Pray to the clouds
To shower you with love
Amitav Radiance May 2014
There is beauty in simplicity
There is beauty in just loving
There is beauty in not knowing
There is beauty in just holding hands
There is beauty in sharing the same drink
There is beauty in being just unclad
There is beauty in just gazing at each other
There is beauty in drawing imaginary hearts
There is beauty in playing with her twitching nose
There is beauty in just running your hands through hair
There is beauty in sitting amidst nature, and counting stars
There is beauty in wishing upon a falling star
There is beauty in listening to each other’s heart beats
There is beauty in watching yourself in her eyes
There is beauty in kissing her twinkling eyes
There is beauty in having her head on your lap
There is beauty in watching her fall asleep
There is beauty in waking her up in the morning
There is beauty in touching her glowing skin
There is beauty in making her a cup of coffee
There is beauty in kissing her throughout the day
There is beauty in going for a walk, holding hands
There is beauty in soaking in each other’s silence
There is beauty in being in each other’s heart
There is beauty in just having her around
There is beauty in just thanking her with your love
There is beauty in being in love with all your heart
There is beauty in acknowledging her presence*




© Amitav (Radiance)
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Winter homes the warmth within
Embers burn bright to keep warm
Dying fire rekindled once again
Sprinkled with passion
Love takes refuge in hearts
Souls are in bliss
Cold winter numbs everything
Except the fire within
Keeps the winter at bay
Winter’s beauty is exquisite
The white stage is set
And the fog is the curtain
Passion will survive
This severe winter
Feel the warmth
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Soft words
Pampered with love
Cushions the heart
From the harsh realities
You can lean on them
Pulling you away
From the barbed wires
A feeling of home
Love’s in the heart
You are always home
Even if the world
Denies you the parasol
Everything feels right
Words from the heart
You can always rely on
Amitav Radiance Oct 2014
Slowly, all the words drain out
With the ink that flows
Blank page is embellished
With the beautiful calligraphy
Thus, poetry is birthed
Amitav Radiance Jul 2014
Busy bee eyeing the flowers
Seduced by the bright colors
Probing with the proboscis
Hairy body covered with pollens
Visiting the clovers and hollyhocks
Also in love with Dahlias and roses
Returning with the days fill
Honey sac full of nectar
Returning to the honeycomb
They are ‘Bee-ing’ happy
With all the sweetness
Just Bee Happy
Amitav Radiance Nov 2014
Are we hiding behind a mask
not willing to come face to face
with ourselves, and others
why hide behind a face
and not reveal the heart
no heart to dwell
and fear of facing
or have we created
a world around a world
which should have been
now the only reality
hiding behind our lies
or the reality we perceive
why, how and so many questions
not yet found the answers
perplexed by the paradox
are we not allowed to know
or live in the dark
and just continue as it is
we are not what may have been
as we are not aware
of what we actually are
so, the mask
always with one
for different occasions
never the real face
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
Afflictions of the past
wrapped in the world of chaos
and cramped in a cave
Amitav Radiance Apr 2015
There’s an urgency to be busy
When Nature’s so calm
Trying to get ahead of the moment
Final denouement written by time
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Being Inside out
Peeled off
Every layer
Of inhibitions
No fear
No worries
Sensation
Every nerve
Every sinew
Feels the spark
Grips you
Soul becomes free
Heart, ****
joie de vivre
Elevated Ecstasy
Totally spent
Just insatiable
Amitav Radiance May 2015
Is that you?
Standing against the whole world
You and everyone else
Difficult stand, no doubt
Feet firm on the ground of individuality
On the verge of iconoclasm
Feel the world staring at you, in disbelief
Why not conformity?
The usual stance taken by others
As if you are standing trial
Nothing seems to be convincing
Your ways do not seem trustworthy
That’s how it is, with the world
Convicted of not being a part of the whole
Standing out without remorse
It’s you against you
When the whole society will push you
Towards trials and tribulations
You have to be stronger to hold your ground
Amitav Radiance Sep 2014
Don’t hide in the dark cave
Unable to move freely
The soul feels confined
Believe in love
To usher light of self-realization
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Everyone is fighting a duel with life
Debating with it has its merits
We may arrive at a conclusion
To a point of agreement
Where we can live next to each other
With harmony and bonhomie
Life may tilt towards you
Or, away from you
But you are the pivot
To make it balance
Good wishes sail us through
Let’s us pass through tribulations
Challenges are softened
With the soft embrace of wishes
Family, friends and acquaintances
Spurn not anytime
When someone sends wishes
We cannot have enough
In our life
The best wishes of our well-wishers
Amitav Radiance Jul 2014
Love never betrays
Only the unworthy does
Amitav Radiance Mar 2015
Between light and darkness
It's the time for contemplation
This is the hour of realization
Difference between night and day
Is just a blur
Amitav Radiance Aug 2014
Standing in the twilight zone
Reminiscing the day gone by
Time has come to adopt the night
A glimmer before night descends
Giving way to the dark night
Twinkling stars appear bright
Another chapter unfolds at day’s end
Amitav Radiance Apr 2015
Fantasy grapples with reality
Distorted and mangled ideas
Waiting to infuse the drudgery
Into the freshness of fantasy
Churning viciousness into potion
Gifting death to the believers
Let the imagination become stronger
To make fantasy bolder than reality
Amitav Radiance May 2015
Interior world seems distant
As we focus far ahead into oblivion
We lose custody of the key
To open the deepest secrets
World of fabrications dazzles
Eyes blinded by the flashes of lights
Move away from the inner world
Finally, we feel ourselves, orphaned
Amitav Radiance Jan 2015
Existential crisis
Fundamental flaws
Insurmountable dilemma
Confabulations galore
Indistinguishable chaos
Contraindications
Untenable maladies
Nature’s riled
Abject behavior
Peripheral existence
Satire of reality
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