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?

Appeal of Mars


 Appeal of Mars

Let me remain

within the solitude

of my appointed path,

my face turned

towards the Sun,

where dust and sand

keep dancing—

yellow, orange,

and sometimes blue

beneath a solemn sky

heavy with the memory

of a million cosmic events.

Why should your steel chariots

disturb the silence

that has travelled with me

through ages?

There are rhythms

older than your footsteps,

duties written

before your calendars began.

Let me keep

the quiet work

entrusted to me

by the Almighty.

Perhaps the wiser journey

is not always

towards another world.

Perhaps happiness begins

when the mother planet

is no longer wounded

by her own children,

and the neighbour

is allowed to keep

its ancient sleep—

so that those yet unborn

may inherit

a universe

still worth calling home.

By Goutam Roy 

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