Adieu...

Poetry Of Fond Remembrance!

Beneath the rubbles of fragmented thoughts

A faint trace of you, shall forever remain

And I shall recycle my memories each day

To find you, within me, over and over again !

Words that remain untold, moments unshared

I shall at times paint them in thousand hue

And sometimes compose a solitary poem

And keep them all preserved, only for you !

If solitude leaves a waning smile 

On your lips, on some fading evening 

Just know, far somewhere, beyond the stars

It's you, only of you, that I have been thinking !

~Manjuri~

My Moon My Sky

My heart is the sky

You a distant moon

Sometimes waxing towards fullness

Sometimes waning towards darkness

Yes.. a moon you are

Floating in my unlimited space

Growning to fade

Fading to grow

An enigma.. a deep mystery

A secret my soul has sealed

Never to be revealed

To be graved in my tomb

Along with me

Only my epitaph shall read

A few rhyming words

An unfinished poetry

Where my moon shall seek

Cover of dark clouds

And get dissolved in me..

~Manjuri~

A Fiction

Beneath the layers of 

Untold words..

Under the debris of

Crumbled memories..

Somewhere within

You live..

You live, for the entire night..

In the absence of outer light..

Illuminated by your own glow

From you to me.. passion flow

Living together, with hues many

Transience if at all pain any..

Dreams lived in a pair of eyes..

Then, slowly night flies..

Day come in bosomed in tarnished ribs..

Gone is the night.. so leaves the dreams..

Light, light and light spread..

Leaving me and you dead..

Again a night shall choose to remain..

Into our goblets of sparkling wine..

Again we shall take our sips..

Locking our trembling lips..

Each night we live beyond..

Until day chooses to bring the end..

To us both, and our wonderful delight

And again, we wait, to live at night !

~Manjuri~

শেষ আলিঙ্গন

সেদিন আকাশ মেঘাছন্ন...

গুড়িগুড়ি বৃষ্টি

জালনার কাঁচে 

আঁকলো ভালোবাসার 

পদচিহ্ন ...

আমি তখনো 

এক দৃষ্টে 

বাইরে তাঁকিয়ে 

তুমি গাড়ি হাঁকিয়ে 

এসে দাঁড়ালে 

আমার হাজার স্বপ্নের 

গা বেয়ে ...

দরজায় কড়া পড়লো 

ছুটে গিয়ে খুললুম 

ঝাঁপিয়ে পড়লুম 

তোমার বক্ষে 

তোমার বাহুর বাঁধনে 

ধরা দিলেম ....

চোখের জল 

মিশে গেলো 

আকাশের জলের মাঝে 

দিন এর মাঝে হারালো 

না যানি কত রাত 

রাতে হারালো 

হাজার দিন

অন্তহীন ....

কেটে গেলো 

না জানি কত বছর 

সেই বৃষ্টির গন্ধ 

মুছে যায়নি ...

থেমে যায়নি 

আমার হৃদপিন্ডে 

আটকে থাকা 

তোমার স্পন্ধন ...

জানি না কি ভাবে 

বেঁচে আছে আজো 

আমার মাঝে 

তোমার আলিঙ্গন 

তোমার শেষ আলিঙ্গন ....

~মঞ্জরী~

Celebrate Again

Come let us celebrate again

The essence of our own being

The glare of our hearts

Come, for a while, let us be

Together again..

Somewhere far off, beyond the hills

Or across the deep blue ocean

Or maybe, where woods are thickest

We sit together, hidden

Let us be, together again..

Let time stop breathing

And wind freezes like us

Let there be complete stillness

Movement, whatever, let it be

Only, of our beating hearts..

Let the wine be poured again

And the stars raise a toast

Let us both be each other's guest

Let us be each other's host..

Let us rewrite our tales

On the sand of the coast

Let us carve our desires

That the mountains can boast

Of our writing on its snowy terrains..

And let us whisper our wishes

On the ears of the windy plains..

Come, let us fall in love again..

So deep that love should be..

That in it we both get lost..

Never to be found again..

~Manjuri~

Uncelebrated Love

You and I,

In constant conflict

Yet in perfect harmony..

Not sure of that

Soul burning love, anymore

Nor is it completely uncared for..

Still locked in heart's dark chamber

Somethings that we forget to remember

Feelings that are now out of range

We, in a process of everyday change..

Gently when the wind lay its kiss

And ask us, 'Do you not remember this'?

Answers we, have none to spare

Blankly as we sit and stare 

Wondering, what has to us, fate served

More or less than we really deserved..

Traces remain of what is gone

Neither are we together, nor alone

Flee, flee, flee.. let us flee

I from you, you from me

What a worthless ego mind holds

Heart's eyes it blindfolds

Uncherished, uncelebrated love within

Neither alive, nor dead, and still breathing..

~Manjuri~

A Night For You

Day End

My sky, on fire this evening

Burning like my heart

Why the day end keeps on reminding me

That we are painfully apart !

Why the hues appear to be dull

And the sky fades into the arms of vignette

Why the day end keeps on reminding me

All that I intend to forget !

Why my evening fills itself

With a fragrance, once I knew

Why the day end keeps on reminding me

That, I still love you !

~Manjuri~

When A Star Bloomed

When a star bloomed in my garden

I watched from far

Wondered, if I could gift you

A sight of this flower..

Deep are its hues

Heart it has, of gold

From me to you, can it reach

By its stories, untold..

Morning it has unfolded

By evening it shall wither

How can you set your eyes

On its petals tender..

How incomplete is my garden

How very insipid is it, sans you

Come to enhance, come to flourish

Come, my florets are dying without you..

~Manjuri~

An Expedition, Unknown

My heart takes its flight

Once each dusk

Once each dawn

Destination unknown

Route unknown

This rendezvous never ends

Beyond myself somewhere

A piece of lost me

Holding onto an obscure sky

Staring, blankly, day and night

Yet my not taken maiden flight

Seeks all that is unknown

The destination, the route, the journey

I, only travel... only fly..

Sometimes low, sometimes high..

If someday, my nest surfaces

I too, will sit and rest

With my head, on your shoulder bold

On an evening cold

Warming the souls

And thawing the frozen memoirs 

Living the years, in a moment

Shaping all the void

Touching the core

Once more..

A flight from unknown towards unknown..

An expedition, probable

From my heart to your soul..

~Manjuri~

Garnished Path

I have bedecked your probable path

I have laid flowers in it

I have garnished my soul

With love and joy

For you, when I chose to wait !

~Manjuri~

Gifts Of Love

Gifts of love

Neither given

Nor taken

Lies somewhere

Shrouded in dust

Accumulated over 

The lap of time

Gifts of love

Neither forsaken

Nor rejoiced

Confused they are

In their life's dusk

Do not know

Whether to hoard

Or to let go..

Gifts of love..

That are forlorn

In the hearts of

Aging lovers

Who do not die

Nor do they live..

Burdened by their

Own un-given and

Unaccepted gifts

Wrapped in tears 

Waiting to be unwrapped

In the smile of joy !

~Manjuri~

A Lover's Note

I have nourished you, with the blood of my heart,

I have drenched you, with the water of my eyes,

I have blown life in you, with the air of my breath,

I have given you form, in my existence.

I have enriched you, with my rich treasures,

I have colored you, with the paint of my thoughts,

I have fed your hunger, with my love,

I have given you form, in my existence.

I have filled your ears, with the music of my laughter,

I have dawned on your eyes, the beauty of dreams,

I have given a meaning, to whatever you do and say,

I have given you form, in my existence.

I have existed, in the very heart of your creation,

I have given you a custody of life, merely by living mine,

I have throbbed inside you, in numerous imaginations,

I have given you form, in my existence.

~Manjuri~

Before I wither,

Before I wither,

Give away to

My wrinkled skin,

Fade away,

Into some

Forgotten memories,

Die in my own

Tireless efforts,

To be,

Or, not to be..

Grant me a life,

Allow me to live,

But for a while,

By being myself,

Where no echo,

Of shore reaches,

As I surf,

The heart of waves,

Deep below the,

Blue ocean..

Let me live, but once..

~Manjuri~

Poetry

Drops of rain on the parched earth

Drenches me from within..

A poetry sprouts from my heart..

And, you are born once again !

~Manjuri~

Rain

The burden of untold words

Haunt... echoes... 

What is said.. is heard..

That which remains veiled..

Is in the unsaid..

That which churns me.

That which grinds you

Let us tell..each other all..

On a rainy night..

Let our voices mingle

In the drops of water

Let us flow

Me to you

You to me

And.. our words..

And our silence ..

As the sky breaks..

Cloud bursts..

Let us break too..

Break for each other..

Break to each other..

So that.. if at all we are fixed..

Let it be for each other..

Let not the rain wash..

Let it write..

A new story of love..

~Manjuri~

Wings Of Freedom

A day, a single day, years back in calendar, 

The poet, get to steal, from the lap of time, 

And earn a life again, afresh, from the,

Very beginning, from the start of creation;

Poet shall live it then, solely on her own terms,

Her own conditions shall she apply, she shall defy,

All the set rules of life, otherwise, tends,

To eclipse her existence, grasp her all,

In a grip so firm, that however hard she may try,

Cannot escape, cannot unbond, cannot give up.  

Life, like an octopus, with thousand tentacles,

Embraces her from all sides, strangulated she feels,

But cannot escape, Oh! the breatheless poet,

Struggling to be free, and spread those wings,

On a much dreamt blue sky, high very high,

Above those floating clouds, above all you and I,

The poet wants to fly, give her wings, and bid goodbye!

~Manjuri~

Intoxicated Words

I am too drunk with life

My words are losing balance

Almost like my feet..

So forgive me tonight

Am at plight 

My senses slowly getting drowned

Into life's opium

All that remains, now in me

Are some feeble memories of thee

Neither me nor my words

Are in a condition to fake

We are scared, truth might leak

Because both me and my words

Are intoxicated tonight !

~Manjuri~

Given

You gave me words,

I assorted them..

Made a poem..!

You gave me tunes..

I played them..

Evening got its music..!

You gave me rhythm..

I mixed it in my soul..

I danced, and danced..!

You gave me light..

I opened my eyes..

I glimpsed at beauty..!

You gave me colours..

I dipped my brush..

Painting, they said, it was..!

You gave me a smile..

My lips sparkled..

I fell in love.. !

~Manjuri~

That "You"

Now my soul is intoxicated

Wine, like hemlock spreads in my blood

So many thoughts rush in like torrential flood

And I lose myself, I get lost in you..

Who is this 'you' ?

I know not..

A 'you' appears like a long shadow

Cast by the setting sun

On the shore of timeless sea

And in it, I adrift me..

Completely submerging myself

In those watery eyes

That I once set my eyes on

Blending completely on that smooth skin

That I once touched intensely

Beating together rhythmically 

With that heart beat, 

Once I had listened so very closely

That 'you' , a real illusion

That 'you' I know yet recognize not...

My drunken heart writes a verse

And that 'you' lives in it, till eternity !

~Manjuri~