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?

Lame Assurance


 Lame Assurance

Yet we hope—

perhaps because

we have learned to hope,

though fortune

drops into our palms

only a morsel

by chance.

Age after age,

we beg from you,

and you,

in the shadow

of your supremacy,

turn our hungers

into fuel for power.

We, the meek lambs,

gaze vacantly

toward your throne,

waiting

for the promised grace.

You return

in different forms,

beneath different banners,

yet your words

wear the same face—

a lame assurance

to keep us waiting,

to keep us hoping.

And perhaps

that fragile hope

is the invisible chain

that keeps us

beneath your shadow.

By Goutam Roy 

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