Special Edition: Sankha Ranjan Patra

Sankha Ranjan Patra

Broken Zeal

Not predictable life

But a precious one ,

Moments make it

shudder on a sudden

Like violent storms

To uproot all at once

But fail if sturdy is earth.

Who can break me?

How much dejection?

I know not that,

I just look at the future.

How much rejection?

I know not that,

I just look at a lover.

Both rush towards many 

With hope and love,

But  time changes both,

So useless to be thinking,

To mourn in the morning

But to rise up to raise words

For the rest of the deeds.

My will is still within

Though I am broken

From the inside too,

All reflects the outlook

And remains the shape,

Not invisible then,

Curbed and cumbered.

My heart breaks

From time to time

And many a time,

But little of the zeal

Within me alive still,

Enough to be happy

For fight in future.

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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, June 2025