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?

Golden Liquid


 Golden Liquid

For millions of years,

beneath the patient silence

of the Earth,

an intricate alchemy of life

slowly distilled

its golden liquid—

a buried inheritance

for the comfort of living.

But somewhere

in the primordial chamber

of the human heart,

an ancient hunger awoke.

Greed

lit its first flame,

and the Earth,

once a cradle,

began to resemble

a burning altar

beneath the dazzling sun.

The wealth of ages

flows wastefully

through the veins of commerce,

without pause,

without a full stop.

And somewhere

at the edge of this splendour,

the innocent wait—

asking only

for a little peace,

a little breath,

a meagre share

of the life they were given.

Yet the fire we kindle

does not easily die.

Perhaps it will burn

until the final hour,

when the Earth herself

opens her ancient book

and writes,

in the language of cataclysm,

the last chapter

of our greed.

By Goutam Roy 

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