In a breezy evening <br />I cruise my boat on a calm sea, <br />above me remains the star-studded sky, <br />darkness spells all around and <br />mingles the sky with the sea, <br />difficult to delineate the horizon. <br />I align myself to the luminous stars <br />forgetting the eerie darkness, <br />a transcendence prevails me all over. <br /> <br />The bloom of the full moon <br />looms large <br />on the other side of the shore, <br />the glow mellows <br />and reflects on the sea <br />I wish to befriend the halo of the moon, <br />shying away from its stigma. <br /> <br />With the daybreak <br />when the sun ascends <br />and derives its momentum, <br />brightness befalls <br />but emits heat to radiate, <br />I wish to cling to the dazzle of the sun <br />ignoring sultry sweats. <br /> <br />Sudden surge of the rain <br />overwhelms me <br />and drenches me completely, <br />I enjoy the fond caresses of the raindrops <br />on my forehead and cheeks, <br />the numbness of my chilled body <br />cannot detach me <br />from the hangover of caresses. <br /> <br />I pray to the Almighty <br />' O Lord! give me strength <br />to behold only brightness of the things. <br />Let my inflicted injuries <br />out of torments, tortures <br />and disparagement <br />melt away to the shower of love. <br />Let my bygone past <br />and mystic future <br />go into oblivion, <br />please engulf me in my immediate present <br />where I can know only one key word <br />which is 'Brighter Vision'.'<br /><br />Swatimalya Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brighter-vision/
