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?

The Irresistible Call of the Void


 The Irresistible Call of the Void

Cradled in the womb

of the silent cosmic hollow,

the mind loosens its earthly tether

and drifts—

not outward,

but into the infinite within.

It seeks no dwelling,

yet wanders through unseen realms,

as if memory itself

belongs to the stars.

Far from the noise of form,

it sips the hidden nectar

of formless serenity,

beneath a sky

that glimmers like eternal thought.

A whisper—

not heard, but known—

calls from the depth of the unknown.

Drawn by that ancient pull,

the mind descends

into unfathomed stillness,

gathering luminous pearls

from the ocean of the unmanifest.

What summons it

cannot be named—

yet nothing resists.

For this is no journey,

but a return

to the boundless silence

from which all longing is born.

By Goutam Roy 

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