The Silence Beyond Eden

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The Silence Beyond Eden  The sky, dust-laden, wears the stains of ash, while restless souls gather pearls of eternity, yet their hunger remains unsatiated. Frontiers bleed, dreams crumble into ruins, and nameless children inherit an unknown Eden's ashes. Once, your footsteps consecrated the earth, your breath sanctified the wandering winds. Now, iron and fire dictate the fate of spring. Who taught the flowers to fear their blossoming? Perhaps the giants still play their ancient game, moving kingdoms across the chessboard of the earth, while pawns of flesh and blood vanish beneath their shadows. And you remain silent, beyond the ruins of paradise. Is your silence the final mystery of creation, or the permission through which the giants reign?

Sigh of Air

 

Introduction:-

“Sigh of Air” is a contemplative and elegiac poem that listens closely to the voice of nature—specifically the ancient, ever-present air. It evokes a sense of loss for a primordial harmony between the natural world and existence itself, while suggesting that traces of that lost unity still linger in subtle, almost inaudible forms around us.

Sigh of Air


Elegiac air sighs

for memories

long left behind—

perhaps of primordial ages

when nature danced gleefully

with its wandering breath.

It laments

the vanished verdant hush

and the endless blue above.

The ancient air still bears

whispered messages—

infinite,

echoing

its timeless tales.

Short Interpretation:-

The poem personifies air as a timeless witness that mourns the fading purity of nature. It recalls an earlier age when the world was vibrant and harmonious, contrasting it with the present sense of loss. Yet, despite this erosion, the air continues to carry faint echoes of that past—whispering memories that remain infinite and enduring. The poem ultimately suggests that nature still speaks, if one is quiet enough to listen.

By  Goutam Roy 

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