Nilanjana <br />Do you hear me <br /> <br />The crowd I crossed <br />The crown I boasted <br />Was that my victory <br /> <br />I don't know <br />From where I got that power <br />To cross <br />To smash those innocent Armour of unknown horse <br /> <br />Still, I have no idea of time and space <br />I have no idea of war and peace <br /> <br />My abandoned me <br />Laughing <br /> <br /> <br />What I want, where it is <br /> <br /> <br />Can one conquer over others <br />Yet, I haven't overcome me <br /> <br /> <br />I didn't know why my surrogates crying <br />When I was coming with victory <br /> <br />Nilanjana <br />I am beside you <br />To conquer over me <br />The roots of this banyan touched you <br />I am under that tree <br />Give me that strength to face with me <br />I want to know myself <br />That's what I can see. <br /> <br /> <br />#### <br />Nilanjana: <br />the name of the river beside which Gautama got Enlightenment <br /> <br />(c) raju baruah 2001<br /><br />Raju Baruah<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nirvana-27/