Issue 2

By Debadrita Sarkar

Her smile

Her smile engulfed in the sky ,

echoes for love and eternity

awakening the world with new offerings

of life and creation .

To me , her smile is more beautiful

than a goddess

departing from pain and conveys

only blessings

with wonderful lessons .

Her smile teaches my world

to be kind , grateful and brave

and to bloom a flower in my heart

Her smile has woven many tales

of my childhood days

When I have played on her lap

only to admire her and

her celestial smiles ..

An Auspicious Art

Twilight encircles

the purple faced sky ,

with a gesture of night ,

but it is not the whole purple ,

some orange colour

is still imprinting there

at the end of the horizons ,

where the sun is setting off ,

after a whole day of

producing heat over the streets .

Sun will again rise

on the forehead of the sky ,

after the moon heals the sizzling streets with her warming touch .

This is how the celestial bodies contribute to mother earth and the whole of the ethereal universe .

and ,

at these still moments of the sunset ,

my eyes grasp the beauty

and my arms feel the glamour ,

at the end of the day ,

of an auspicious art .

Fearless

I was afraid of climbing a tree ,

I was afraid of dancing in streets

and singing songs , that can make an echo

I was afraid of losing my impression

in front of others

I was afraid of losing my-self

for the shared norms of many people

But , I failed once , twice and thrice ..

But , one day , everything changes amazingly

I climb the tallest oak tree in my town

without any interpretations of my mind ,

by my own arms.

I dance in the streets in my own way ,

by holding the streetlight thumbs and stretching my hands like wings .

and my song echoes over the traffic

louder than the horns and calmed the

frustrated ones with soulful peace .

After all , I lost no impressions ,

no respect and gain only freedom .

I felt my wings breaking the chain of the society norms with glorious strings of braveness and lead a moment of life

in all soluble musings .

Forgetting the fear of everything

like a sea sailing against the waves but won .

I move on like a blooming flower spreading all her petals in a fairy garden .

like a kite stretched upwards in the sky to fly and I fly .

I became fearless .


Debadrita Sarkar is a writer and poet, based in India.  Her writings get featured in The Hindu, The Statesman, The Fountain Pen Magazine, The Storizen magazine , Everscribe magazine , The Lekh magazine  , Cultural flash lit mag and Prosetrics magazine.  She has self-published her first chapbook , “ Nature And Life “ in Pothi Books ( 2025 ) . 


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