So many feelings comes surging
Breaking all the inhibitions
Every word cocooning those moments
Each of them a luminous sparkle of the soul
Flowing through the veins
Reminding you of the special moments
Waiting to be chronicled as a memoir
Taking up the pen
Connecting your soul with the paper
Every drop of ink carrying your inner world
Drawing a vivid sketch of your feelings
Wholeheartedly soaked in the ambiance
The white paper now colored with memories
Once staring at the blankness
You can see the words dancing to your tune
Pen moves like a magic wand
As you breathe life on the paper
With those precious feelings
Swathing it with your inner luminosity

My feelings
Chronicled on the paper
Lay there for ages
Wanting to get rid of it
I crumpled it
And sacrificed it to the wind
One fine day
I get a reply
Based on my forgotten feelings
The wind delivered it
To the rightful recipient
Sure, words are resilient
They withstood challenges
To make my feelings known
Now, we exchange letters
Waiting to meet someday

The filigreed pendant
Adorning your neck
With a drop of red ruby
A drop of your Love
Straight from your heart
Close to your *****
You hold the aura of charm
To enthrall me in a maze
Which leads to your heart
The filigreed pendant
Holds me to your fate*




© Amitav (Radiance)

All the while I am awake
At night contemplating
As my soul lays supine
Confounded by darkness
Waiting for spark to ignite
Doused by the long winter
Taking shelter in a cave
To keep myself warm
Unable to find my way out
My guide has left me here
Trying to find my way
In the prolonged darkness
Waiting for dawn within
To find my way home

The multitude is flowing ahead
Teeming with dreams and hope
Crammed, with little place to move
There is dearth of space in the mind
Physically, we are reaching fatigue
What do we have for choice?
The power to choose is taken away
Our choices influenced by publicity
Duplicating a parallel world of feel good
Yet, deep down we are queasy
Something is not right, not identifiable
Blinded by the dazzles of show- biz
As if, all the actors are being directed
Chosen to play a role, not ours to choose
Memorizing written scripts, to deliver
Speeches which are not ours, we feel
Our dreams invaded, and manipulated
Our originality, suppressed in the makeup
Masquerading, our inner thoughts and ideas
Repeating the same role everyday
Delivering the scripted dialogues
Keeping in mind that we are here for audience
Our originality and individuality torn apart
Our original script has gone down the shredder
Who has the energy to pick up the pieces?
To join, the strewn dreams and live in a new way
We are just a created avatar, directed, indirectly
Of what we love, wear, eat, and live our life
Swept away by the waves of multitude
Individuality is relegated to the dark confines
Where can we start searching, our real counterpart?





© Amitav (Radiance)

In the crowd make sure of your footing
You may get stepped on and lose balance
Landing on your face or fall backward
Fear of losing face or laying supine
Always practice the deft steps
To find a balance in the teeming populace
Trying to find a chance to trip you over
Pull back from the horde, to find your goal
You may not know what awaits you
Fate wants you to dance alone
Along the streets leading to your goal
Make sure you find your footing

Fine lines appear
Splitting the thick veneer
Many layers of thoughts
Seems to give away
Because of inclement weather
Layer by layer
Scraped away to the core
Hope of revealing the truth

When you love the stars
More than the sun
And night becomes a safe haven
Moon becomes your companion
Lighting your path
You walk hand in hand with night
When you listen to the silence
More than the words spoken
The silver painted canvas
Gives you so many ideas
To paint with the colors of the night
Once a world hidden
Now you can see it clearly in moonlight
Radiant darkness bathes you
As the glorious night merges with you
Deep thoughts carve the mood
Somber moments of night
Regales you with no explanations

Finger on the pulse
Seismic zone
Far from the epicenter
Gives away the feelings
Strong feelings erupt
Tremors felt far and wide
Deep chasms devour
One with finger on the pulse
Passionate surrender

Oblivious of the surrounding darkness
The fireflies light up, to dispel it
Dancing around in complete ecstasy
Penetrating through the obscurity
The fireflies have defeated the night
As if stars have descended on Earth
Waking us from a slumber, to join the party*





© Amitav (Radiance)

From the bottomless pit
There’s billowing smoke
Can’t see the fire of discontent
Friction that ignited the spark
Now blew out of proportion
Ravaging the calmness
Fuelled by rage, flames engulf
Every possible thing on its path
Glowering and showing no mercy
This shall not stop till it burns away
Don’t dare to go too near
It’s the fire of discontentment
Until this is brought under control
The inner-world is at peril
All will be left are ashes and remnants
And embers of the glorious days
Fuel not this fire, to burn down things
Let it show you the path in darkness
None but you can control the fire
Fire is always misunderstood

Wake up from the slumber
Let yourself free
The imaginations run free
As they take you to places
You always wanted to visit
The land of happiness and freedom
Where you roam around
Feeling light and carefree
No anchors and chains
To hold you down
Wings of dreams help you fly
Over the mountains, valleys and oceans
And breathe the fresh air
Not the claustrophobic smoke
Which chokes you
Let this be a mantra, “I am free”
No one whatsoever
Can tie us down
Or cage our dreams and feelings
Be a braveheart
Hold hands of those who are confined
To take them with you
Let them smell the free air
And see the free world
Dream with eyes open
Bewildered by the beauty around
Let’s take a pledge
To be free
Once more, the mantra, ‘I am free’

The flowers bloom momentarily
Winds carrying their delicate aroma
Swiftly guiding me towards them
As the petals have spread their beauty
Spreading happiness all around
A brief encounter leaves sweet memories

Soaring higher and higher
in the rarefied air
wingspan of dreams
will take me there
in search of the mystical place
distanced from the known land
higher than the mountains
above the clouds
the ancient map which guides me
towards the place
now, dream will be a reality
away from the one I knew

Forever is happening now
Seize the moment
It’s between our choices
We experience forever  
Forever lasts not long
But long enough for us
Few seconds makes a difference

Hope visits at every hour
Quietly perched at your window
And take flight with your ambitions
Only when you open your heart
Hope infused with trust, gives wings
And takes off beyond the boundaries
Reach heights of success and happiness
Open the window of your soul
And pray for hope to visit every time

How much space we have for growth
When we blindly go about life
Cramming available spaces in the mind
With blindly amassed flawed thoughts
We can move no more, cornered
Left immobile and unable to escape
From the dungeon of inadequacy
And not any new ideas were allowed
To take form, or, throw out the outdated
Impenetrable through the veil
Which has hidden it so well

Love blossomed
souls embraced
solace in heart
trusted compliment
and love triumphs

Love is adorned with silence
Waiting to be accepted
Where words do not play a role
As the souls come closer
A mystery waiting to be explored

Poetry suffers silently
Against the vitriolic attacks
A fatal blow to the muse
Shedding tears of blood
A poetic injustice

Forsaken identity
Distant nature
Deepening chasm
Between worlds
Tired minds
Clichéd diktats  
Concentrated power
High-handedness
Iron fists
Crushed rebellion
Tired souls
Unsavory history
Swelling disharmony
Point of no return
Given a chance
Missed opportunities
For many centuries
Time to wrap up
The hegemony

Seek freedom from the anxious mind
For, you have the freedom to choose
Break the shackles of intimidation
Claim your freedom for the sleeping madness
Wake up to a world of freedom, for it’s yours
Freedom for the prejudices and the dogmas
Claim your freedom for the untrusting world
Freedom beckons you from the deepest caverns
Thwart the advances of violence, and seize freedom
Do not pay heed to the abusive words
As your freedom to speak up is jeopardized
The weakest of hearts and minds, resort to violence
And their abode inside is wrecked by loss of freedom
You freedom will come when you walk out
Opening the gates of your heart to freedom
The weak personalities seeks to strangle freedom
To dominate the beautiful souls, as they feel threatened
Assert your freedom; this is becoming a puppet’s world
Always made to act when the strings are pulled
There is a world full of love and freedom waiting for you
You just have to cross the threshold of the murky world
Only you can win your freedom, if you choose to
Seek freedom, and slam the door on the world of captivity





© Amitav (Radiance)

Claim freedom from innermost fears
Shackles, which binds the heart to tears
Mind’s boundaries keep you in confines
Courage is beyond, and your act defines

Let go of fear and apprehensions,
Bring an end to the anarchy around
Get a grip on your life by letting go
Not to hold on to the regressive
Tear away from the shackles of dogmas;
Bury your fears and march ahead
To achieve what you have always dreamt of,
Tread not on your dreams but
Look towards the flights of fantasy,
Soar higher, as there are no limits;
Imagination will give you a driving force
To live the life you have imagined,
Don’t build castles in the mind
But make this earth your foundation to,
Build the castle you always dreamt of;
You can live the way you want to,
In the castle of your dreams,
With no holds barred, but;
Only surrounded by whom you love,
Dare to dream, to create your own world,
The world will take a bow, for you have dared.

- Amitav

When your thoughts are free
Independent of the outside world
When it does not clash with words
Of the so commonly spoken
For you have found you own to ponder
And language transcends invisible boundaries
Where your vision goes beyond
To the world where there is responsibility
And courage is in dealing with freedom
Where the heart beats freely
Deep within, the soul revels in peace
Believing, there’s nothing holding you back
Let freedom take wings
And take this message everywhere

Your silence is like blizzards
Dampening the passionate fire
Numbing all emotions

Tree bears sweet fruits
Picked at the right time
Enjoyed by many

The fundamentals of simplicity is not fathomed
Entangled in the barbed wires of complexities
Simple words sing no more to the yearning ears
Heavy laden words and tedious conversations
Gnawing away at the precious moments of life
Disparity is making the divide in humanity
Thoughts no more in one’s control, all indoctrinated
Confusion and rage seems to be the new found ‘normal’
Wonder why simplicity is consigned to such a fate
Let there be a new dawn of realization, to simply live
Breathe in the fresh era of clarity, with no malice
Simplicity, I pray to thee, turn your gaze towards humanity

Words pull your mind
In different directions
Brilliantly adorned
Yet lacking soul
Words are distractions
To true feelings
Vociferous and audible
Sounds too hollow
Gives in under anxiety
Weighs on minds
Graceful distortions
Veneer of meanings
Expresses everything
Except the truth

Tread softly, for you may trample on someone’s dream
As it might have been nurtured for a long time
Be a gardener and water the dream sapling
And what a sight it will to be see the sapling bloom
Strongly grounded, yet reaching for the sky
Bearing the sweetest fruits, of love and happiness

In the garden of Humanity
Plant more bonhomie
Love will blossom
The landscape will change
Fragrance and love all around
Colors will blend, celebrating all
The celestial space will rejoice
As happiness knows no bounds

Standing in front of the mirror
When the gaze goes beyond the eyes
Through the window you enter
The world you had left behind
So many anecdotes start playing
A retrospective film
So many memories come rushing
Reliving those days in solitude
From the mirror they gaze at you
Asking you questions
After all these years
You still do not have answers to many
It’s futile to go in search now
As you would like to step inside
And search among the memories
Only if you could do it any different