Soaring aspirations. The sky has always been the benchmark For humans to touch. Is that why everything soars? Soaring pollution. Soaring temperatures. Soaring intolerance. Soaring inequality. When will humans Rise above narrow mindedness, Stop bickering about caste, creed and race And let spirit of humanity soar? Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://amanpan.com/2021/07/22/eugis-weekly-prompt-soaring-july-22-2021/ Continue reading Soar
Overflowing grief… Breaking natural composure Sits like a burden. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/07/19/what-do-you-see-91/ Continue reading Grief
The river; Flowing at its pace, Criss-crossing Through miles of land, Ends in the sea. The sea; with all the wealth That the river brings from the land Merges with the ocean. The ocean, Despite its vastness, Is not content. Wants more of the share of land. It connives, With the sun, the wind. Generating … Continue reading Network
Life, some say, is ordained; proposed by God, disposed by man. What can someone do but be philosophical in times of extreme hardship and engulfed with a sense of loss? What answer does one have to the unpredictability of nature, it’s whims? Is it God’s will, His way to test fortitude, His way to instill … Continue reading Unexpected
Twilight’s grey deepens… Temple bells and Muezzin’s call The faithful hurries Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://amanpan.com/2021/07/01/eugis-weekly-prompt-twilight-july-1-2021/ Continue reading Faithful
The strays on the road; We never know how much They have to endure. Homeless they live; The brunt of every season borne stoically. Their bodies hardened to defend, Every virus, disease reduced to irrelevance. Through hunger, thirst, danger thrust on them by speeding vehicles, They live on. Never bitter, Never gloomy, Never looking at … Continue reading The Strays On Road
Only a handful Step off the road oft travelled… Seek joy in journey. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/06/14/what-do-you-see-86-june-14-2021/ Continue reading Different
Is it in the nature of nature to be heartless? It’s fury, at times, unleashed on the world causes untold misery, destruction and death. Where does it hide all its anger? At what depths under the ground or peaks of mountain reaching up to the sky does it brew? Under which heavenly bodies’ influence does … Continue reading Fury of Nature
Mountain spring… The cool, pure, sprightly water Trapped in plastic bottle. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta Continue reading Bottled
The soft rays of the morning sun seemed to illuminate the grassy meadow, shaking the grass out of its slumber. Bathed in fresh dew, the green grass seem to leap out in bunches from every corner of the meadow, laughing at the azure sky, inviting the world to share in its joy. Suddenly, I want … Continue reading Grassy Meadow
