could we move somewhere,
where homes sustain rooms,
walls retain bricks,
trees never twist,
roofs rarely lift?
is there some place left,
where air does not hook,
clouds seldom shred,
soil remains grounded,
as heat heightens wind?
Do good not to have it reciprocated
Be kind not to be treated kindly
Be your best not to have the best
Be yourself not to be imitated
Love not to be loved back
Care not to be cared for
Think not to be thought about
Give not to get back
Give up not to hurt
Give up but to save yourself
Walk away not to be missed
Walk away but to be cherished
you are the light
you are the sun
you are the air
you are the cloud
every hour
I wait
no phone calls
just silence
I wait
because I always know
there is tomorrow.
There will be a day
When the Modar flowers burn the sky
And then, the people
With sickles and hummers
Would alleviate
A destiny in the course.
These people know how to rebuild
On the wreckage of the old
To repeat:
These people also know
How to demolish a chateau
It is just sequence of time
And one day, that will happen
Modar flower would bloom
The ribcage of the burgess
Would turn into ashes.
(Original Assamese poem Translated by Pabitra Das.)
there’s no hill in hillsboro
and no gold in goldsboro
crocodiles actually do shed tears
as proven in a court of their peers
clocks don’t really say the time
they stay quiet like a sorta mime
elephants have been known to forget
waterproof raincoats always get wet
no wonder there’s so much confusion
even a mirage can turn into an illusion
you won’t know by asking others
I’m much better worse than they’d say
don’t draft me on some graph paper
my equation is in so much disarray
I know well what my successes are
not everyone measures the same way
notice what I’ve done and stood for
that’s so far beyond just hearsay
All I wanted was to be in your heart,
And our love to never part….
No other woman loves
Me as you truly do,
Your my perfect angel in Life….
My soulmate it’s truly you….
Your bright eyes
So beautiful
Gazing into them
I see our forever and after….
So take my hands
And Remember
Our love will last forever….
