RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 

 

Buds Of Love

 

Buds Of Love

 

Buds of love bloom in the eyes

 

When memories of spring take over

 

The delectable cactus

 

With dazed dreams and endorsing it's vine.

 

The soothing breath allows palpitation

 

May be with fear

 

Of disclosure of truth.

 

When the ripening yellow paddy fields around

 

Propagate the slow dying of everything with the passing of time.

 

The dawn with the mustard flowers,

 

And the evening with mango blossoms,

 

Narrate the story of pain

 

And sufferings

 

Where dews of tear-drops lament over

 

At the doorsteps on the lifeless living.

 

Silence reigns everywhere,

 

Memories germinate echoes of love

 

With a clinching climax,

 

The wind starts whispering to the night to glee and relax.

 

The stars from the azured sky nod with a hum,

 

Sanctioning reflections of divine love,

 

That appear unintelligible in the behold of the breezeless night

 

Whispering a melancholy in a different forum.

 

Dwelling Beyond Friction.

 

No more abounding in solitude,

 

Let's go back,

 

Oh, my love!

 

It's time that we should return home.

 

By this time,

 

The earthly fragrance

 

Circumventing the home and its courtyard

 

Must be wafting in the air,

 

And the pigeons nesting indoors

 

Must be waiting for us with eagerness.

 

The mustard flowers in the field

 

Must be spreading their golden hues,

 

While the singing bees must be humming in the courtyard.

 

Is it not appropriate

 

That we consider a quick return?

 

It can be a waste to linger in this abandoned isolation,

 

So let's choose going back home

 

And dwell smooth beyond any friction.

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA is a multifaceted individual from Odisha, India. She holds master's degrees in History from Utkal University, Odisha and Journalism and Mass Communication from Sambalpur University, Odisha. By profession, she is a teacher. With an additional postgraduate diploma in Environmental Education and Industrial Waste Management from Sambalpur University, Odisha, Rajashree has dedicated herself to social activism. She advocates for social justice, environmental issues, and human rights in remote areas through non-governmental organizations. Her passions include poetry, painting, and journalism, which reflect her creative and socially conscious personality.