Love Poem: Ripples of Rhapsody
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Written by: Subimal Sinha-Roy

Ripples of Rhapsody


The desolate wasteland 
of destitute deprivation,  
traversed in tortuous trail 
by my jagged life, 
trying relentless 
so long, 
so very hard,  
to flatten out
anguished angularities
of serrated mangled mind, 
swirling scrunched
in the egregious 
whirlpool of indignation. 

Sucked into sordid abyss 
of despondent delirium,
I searched out sedated
for indifferent me
the possessed passion path, 
leading besotted through 
the pulse of collapsed portal 
to my hollow heart, 
not yet filled with 
the arctic mist 
in prolonged dreary winter 
of despondency. 

The spring of yearning 
came on the sly
with fervor fragrance, 
drifting in furtive flutter
on the delusive wings 
of transient moments,
flowing out
of the fervent flowers 
of my blooming garden, 
where you had flown 
like a beguiled butterfly, 
created the cadence 
of surreal symphony,
suffusing me. 

The tune harmonized 
with the mesmeric music 
of my longing, 
enthralled emotions 
danced entranced
on the ripples of rhapsody 
that rolled resplendent
between you and me, 
to entwine us evermore, 
consecrating the cryptic concept 
of metamorphic magnetism, 
called love…