Special Edition: Sankha Ranjan Patra

Sankha Ranjan Patra

Humans Are Dying

I feel humans are dying

As I see the distant hill,

I see avians are lying 

On the earth still ,

Whatever it may say

It may foresee the end.

I feel phantoms are diving 

As I see the empty lake,

I see avians are living 

On the lofty dyke,

Whatever those may say 

Those say about the end.

The lake looks to be vacant

But not without water,

The sky seems to be vacant 

But not without warbler,

And the jetty too vacant

But not without life.

The hill hears to be silent 

But not without wind,

The sky senses to be silent 

But not without wing,

And the jetty too silent

But not without life.

Nature declares the war 

And the defeat of the mankind,

As they go on and on

With their conviction in find,

Only nature can devastate 

And seize all with ease .

Nature devours the world 

And the pride of the mankind

As they go on and on 

With their restriction in  mind 

Only nature can reinstate

And cease all with ease.

I just see around me 

Like a lark  over the lea,

I just see around me

Like a gull over the sea,

How it is going to be 

So much  eerie.

I just see for me 

With a  sip of tea,

What is going to be

For my world and for me,

I just see for me

With a sip of tea.

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Bio: Sankha Ranjan Patra is a poet and author. He belongs to India. He writes in English, Bengali and Hindi. His published books are Muse, Mute, All About Love and Borsha. Muse and Mute are poetry books in English. All About Love is a novel in English. Borsha is a poetry book in Bengali. He has contributed for many anthologies and magazines. He has been honoured by different literary societies.

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Setu, March 2025