May Day and the fall of humanity, Tears and tantrum, Sickle and Shikol, Torment and treatment
Suhina Biswasmajumdar, a poet from Kolkata, West Bengal, shares her poem of May Day
A writer from Kolkata, Bengal and a life-long devotee of Swami Vivekananda, Suhina is against any discrimination. Two significant life-forces propel her – ‘love’ and ‘writing’. Suhina’s book ‘Tumi’ (you) and Songs of Silence (A Journey to Love), are collections of her poetic thoughts.
May Day and the Saga of Nothingness
If
But
Then
Again
Though…
May Day and the fall of humanity
Tears and tantrum
Sickle and Shikol
Torment and treatment
Hallucinations and hatred
Divinity and demand
Maze and runner, and traps and never-ending lore of nightmares.
Am I going to be another hypocrite?
Or an arrogant middle class mastermind to resist
Or reform and break the chain of slavery
Of my own dreams and desires
Or waiting for u … for your mercy or miracle
For the same cycles of ruler and runner
Treachery or tantrum
Treatment and test
Torture and tease!
Or nothing
Nothing reminds that nothingness of existence
Or no change…
I hear
Then try
Try to listen and realize
The meaning of the whispers of the rolling stone
And the songs of the brown leaves.
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