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| Malakshmi Borthakur |
A FEW WORDS OF FALSE HOPE
Every morning in my
eyes
I wear a beautiful
smile
And the fragrance of
That Jasmine smile
Forces a pair of
pale eyes
To glitter for
awhile
After each sleepless
night
In the morning I
plead with my eyes
Not to let the tears
flow
As seeing my smiling
eyes
A new day begins
and
A wish and a hope
grow
I cram
A few words of hope
daily
Though false
They work
miraculously
As the resonance of
Those words of hope
Compels a tired
heart
To beat unceasingly
Those words of false
hope
Reverberate like
holy chants
For a cause divine
They've been spoken
persistently
To tempt someone to
live
Not for awhile but
continually
Of late, I've been
charged of
Being a deceiver, a
liar and a sinner.
People bully me,
throw stones
Of sharp words at me
But I've neither to
react nor to retort
As they don't know
I've left no stones
unturned
And a bunch of those
fictitious words
Is now for me the
last resort
The only shaft to
cling, the only pillar to hold up
Now a days I don't
know
What's a lie or
what's a truth
What's a deceit or
what's a sin
For I've vowed to
keep on telling lies
To pour a few drops
of life in a dying soul...
SOLACE
In the lonely road
of life
in deep darkness
when I lost the
way
I was robbed
of all my belongings
my emotions, my
feelings!
I wanted to shout
I wanted to scream
I wanted to cry
aloud
but I didn't
because something
precious
was still there with
me
as you were with me
with your absence!
and I realized
I haven't lost
myself.
AN ODE TO FREEDOM
Oh dear!
The song I could never sing
The dream I could never dream
Without you!
Oh dear!
Without you, I was a bird with two wings
But could never know how to fly!
Without you, I was a honey bee
But could never know how to buzz!
Now I am a lark, who's singing the song of life
Now I am a dreamer, who's dreaming of a better world full of hope
I am a poetess, who's now letting her ink to dive deep into the ocean of
imagination with ease
I am a woman, surpassing all the hurdles of life
Who's now ready for a journey towards the east without a cease!
These days, people ask me your
identity with curiosity!
In reply, they get a smile of sublimity!
How could I tell them who you are to me?
Oh dear! My sense of freedom!
You're the one who I recently found, have sprouted inside me!
You've freed me from the shackles of my self-made inadequacy...!
Malakshmi Borthakur is an Indian poetess writing in English, Hindi and Assamese. Her poems often deal with human issues - love, life, pain, tears and the anguish that individuals suffer from within. Her social concerns include gender justice, human rights and human development. She has contributed in many reputed national and international e-zines, journals and anthologies. Her poems brought for her several accolades like Pentasi B World Featured Poet 2018 by Pentasi B World Friendship Poetry, Philippines, Former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Award for Literature 2018 by Arpita Foundation, Mathura, India and World Laureate in Literature 2018 by WNWU, Kazakhstan. She is one of the top 10 contestants and winners of the most prestigious 'Rabindranath Tagore Award - International Poetry Contest 2018', under the category, 'Poets highly recommended by Juries'.
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