Thursday, May 1, 2025

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 




Last Letter


At times under a peculiar circumstance 

One may hesitate to smile with a loved one 

Might not opt to write the life a second   

Or cry for consolations or compassion  

When torture exceeds the limit of tolerance. 


The words would be lost  

In the mists of thoughts amidst the deserts of caravan nights. 

And manipulate slowly the appearing dreams. 

Thoughts scatter like pearls of a broken strings,  

Difficult to collect as because disappear I 

In the bed of granules of sand. 


Conscience forces then 

To forget the loved benevolences  

That echoed once in grace 


Yet not repeat now. 

Voice gets choked as if lost forever. 


A Sleeping City  


Silence rules 

Here, there and everywhere  

As if the city is sleeping. 

Now even wind doesn't whistle  

And the singer in it appears missing  

Dreading shadows   


marching with silent steps  

Stop over the scattered fields, 

Where death descends  

Wherever you look  

A fierce face gazes at you 

Hiding behind the horizon  

All magical faces  

With the piteous look. 


A city of silence as if resonate death 

Nowhere a life is traced  

Nowhere you find children clamouring 

Absolute confusion swells up 

If any one will ever try to   

wake up the sleeping city. 


A strange silence is echoing the songs of death. 

The bright flowers with stains of blood  

Almost covers the faith 

The glory is lost behind the vail,  

Leaving behind the sleeping city to trail. 


RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA


RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA: Born in Odisha in India has received her master’s degree in ' History ‘and 'Journalism and Mass Communication' from Utkal University, Odisha. She is a teacher by profession. Being a post graduate in ' Environmental Education and Industrial Waste Management ' from Sambalpur University Odisha, she has devoted herself as a Social Activist for the cause of social justice, Environmental issues and human rights in remote areas through non-governmental organizations. Poetry, Painting and Journalism are her passions.


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