by Rik Bhattacharja | May 26, 2025 | Poems
There is warmth In your cold embrace. Your sweet words are Visible to my naked eyes, As they wrap me up Like a thick fog Covering a beautiful secret. How beautiful you look Adorned with your crown of glacier… Your icy, pale eyes, Hiding a heart full of love – A...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
The heart of the warrior poet Roared in victory, When he won the battle By befriending his mortal enemy – His own self from the shadow realm. Instead of smiting him, He embraced him. For he saw in him His own reflection, The seed of compassion Under the flame of...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
Don’t be my Juliet, Nor my Leila, Or a Rapunzel trapped Far away atop A phallic tower Anxious to be rescued. Don’t lie half dead In a maze of roses, Or under a glass coffin. Don’t bother showing up In a pretentious ball, Wearing uncomfortable glass slippers, Only to...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
For days on endI stood numb and still,With frostbites on the cavityWhere my heart used to be.Your cold hand has snatched,Pulled, and frozeThe vessel of my passion –The busted drumThat used to beatTo the rhythm of your name.In a fit of rageYou crushed,And threw...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
She was so concerned about being A good girl to her parents, A good mother to her children, A good wife to a husband, A good cog in the machine, That she never learned To just be… Be herself, Know herself, Not as a woman, Or as a person even, But as a universe...
