WATERY PATHWAY

Vision unbound in harbor passage,  

Water responsive from dream spot,

Too vast for a voyage, we begin,  

Quest starts back from school days.

This December my attempt starts

From street, from rout chart enigmas

One way, crossing it by steamer

The river gets elongated fiesta in port.

A singing motion, envisioned catharsis,

Shrills of walking on mud, sediments,

Salty taste of water, are stages with

Thrills and penance, vision is charm.

On the journey, we reach nearer to

Deep whims and sacrifice of existence,

Our foot prints and home are presents,

All attempts in reality carry our dream.

  

SCHOOL

First school leaving certificate

Before first entry to graduation level

Started forty seven years back

For paving in life and patronage,

Life starts at this new stage,

Memories now famous to remember.

Standing before my school

Memories fall behind books

To form another chapter

Infinite movement into time

That forms another book to read.

Remember, remember

The high school that is simple

That stands before me as symbol

That swirls in mind like flower

That I hold aloft in its fragrance

For acquiring vision that I hold still.

 I salute the institution

With a hand that still writes bold

Decisions and resembles the achievement

That I still carry with me

Like processions of life’s journey

In the enigma of stepping forward.

After forty seven year

I am standing here to see the school,

Its endless revision in mind

Gives me feeling of past revelations

That I made in my teens

While I was here to accumulate hugeness. 


Note: Picture of Tamluk High School, Tamluk, West Bengal, India.