Three select poems from Cross-Stitched Words

Chaitali Sengupta

1. Tree life

There grows within me
the limb of a tree,
spreading its roots,
winding deeper down,
where my yesteryears are buried,
fleeced in moss.
And, my scars come up,
on its aged, wrinkled barks.
Its restless wings, carry my youth,
a time bright green.
And the wind on its branches,
unfastens my late years…
an age passes- or is it a life?
I don’t know.

I only know, I gather 
the aroma of silence,
dripping off the ragged edges,
under the humming shadows
of my tree life.
There, in the spirit of the woods,
I lower my sorrows. 
***


2. Forever is born

Sometimes, the words slip
and slide off the mind,
scatter on the floor,
scratch on the paper,
gnaw at our soul
and shiver into meaning.
Then, a poem is born. 

Sometimes, the words tilt, 
swim in the inkpot,
scratch magic on paper,
combine with our winged dreams,
and flow through us, like rivers.
Then, forever is born. 
***


3. A Brief Life

Life is nothing but
a floating
a drifting
a slumbering
through the river of time.
diving in
like a pilgrim
collecting memories
like the gems;
resonating briefly
like Mozart’s symphony
through time and space...
and then finally
falling awake
in a piece of no man's land.
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