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 Rain That Never Asks


 The Rain That Never Asks

The rain returns

from the ancient chambers of the sky,

its once-bright radiance

softened by eternity.

Again and again

it journeys toward the earth,

as though bound

by a promise older than memory.

It falls without question,

without longing,

without a murmur of complaint—

quietly entering the lives

of fields, forests, rivers, and men.

Beneath its silver descent,

joy rises

and sorrow disappears;

lives bloom briefly,

then wither into silence.

The rain witnesses all,

yet asks nothing

of the fragile beings below.

It simply gives—

drop after drop,

season after season.

Perhaps this is

the secret written into its nature:

to serve without recognition,

to nourish without reward,

to return without expectation.

And so the rain

fulfils its ancient calling—

a silent offering to creation,

like the rarest of souls

who give themselves to the world

and ask nothing in return.

By Goutam Roy 

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