
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 ) .