The Rising Hopes

(a joint venture by Anisha Dutta and Jayeeta Ghosh on War & Peace)

No option....but tension!

Too many options, and confusion,

Bangs head;

 Be busy in leisure,

And pick up your pleasure,

 Feel filled up and fall dead.

 Choked up in frustration, 

Tears of desperation, 

Lost in thy mirages---

Perplexed as they surface!

 Why so torn and teary?

The sky so deep,

The shooting stars glitter,

Allow yourself to breathe,

They look so bright and fiery,

Approaching slowly hither.

 When ambition outshines emotion, 

Stars laugh in unison

...and when the sun rises in the horizon, 

I search for my destination

 Through a plethora of lanes, 

And torn I stand, 

amidst the world or gems...

Or what my heart craves?

Destination meets despair,

All unknown and bare,

Un-torn withered care

My consolidated emotions;

 My heart, it craves for love,

Amidst the land of pains,

The pain that gives pleasure---

Plattered my emotions untamed.

 When love meets in full adorn,

The seeds of ambition blossom,

Planted in depth within

...and the war beneath:

 “War – war” everywhere,

The death that drools as they swear,

Come let us join hands

To flush and drain out despair.

The grey it hinds, backdrop behind,

Rainbow hues, monsoon blows.

 Let’s come together

Put hopes behind bliss,

Wonder at the glitter

Of those shimmers that yonder.

(c) Anisha Dutta & Jayeeta Ghosh