RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 

 

Destiny

 

We drift on borrowed wind, 

Held by a thread we never feel. 

With a sardonic, derisive smile 

We mock the clouds, 

Beyond a guess that the thread might tangle.

 

The sudden dive and the soaring climb

With the bluish bliss of a sure plunge 

Slips off the sequence in a heartbeat, 

Far from the hand in a dipping drive.

 

It does not matter 

If the mind-kite could love the sky for its height. 

But it enlists how it feels 

To dance on the edges of a whirling tumult.

 

Maybe 

Thar desires cling to earth, 

Yet we look up against doubt and fear, 

Wondering who holds whom, and from where

Just like the kite and its keeper.

 

The Cobweb

 

Some lives are short, 

While some others stretch long. 

And for some, death awaits at the doorstep; 

While for others, it looms silently overhead. 

 

Who knows

 If tomorrow's sun will rise for any of us? 

Or if anyone is upset today

May also continue in that state tomorrow.

 

Life, with a basket of uncertainties, 

Defines destiny positively or otherwise. 

And as destiny dances with the daring, 

One must inculcate courage 

To let not the precious relationships fall apart

Over casual misunderstandings. 

 

Of course,

There must be a second option 

To undo any tight knots 

Before the cobweb of time slips through the fingers.

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA: Rajashree Mohapatra is a multifaceted individual from Odisha, India. She holds master's degrees in History and Journalism and Mass Communication from Utkal University, Odisha. By profession, she is a teacher. With an additional postgraduate degree 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.