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Tapan Susheel Sep 11
What’s the matter?
Today you sit quietly.
Shall I say something nice,
that’s why I sit silently.
Tapan Susheel Mar 2019
History is nothing—
a window fixed
in the wall of time,
showing partial truths
and hidden lies,
seen by some,
missed by others.
@Tapan Susheel
Tapan Susheel Sep 15
Silent River*

The river flows in whispers,
Past the stones that knew my name,
Carrying fragments of old songs,
And memories that will never stay the same.

Beneath the moon’s soft silver gaze,
I wander through the corridors of night,
Where shadows speak in gentle haze,
And hearts converse beyond the sight.

Time bends, yet refuses to break,
Moments linger in the silent air,
Every choice, every small mistake,
Becomes a star in the cosmic glare.

So let me drift with the river’s hymn,
Between the worlds of dream and awake,
Where life is fleeting, edges dim,
And every breath a vow I take.
Tapan Susheel Sep 17
"The Torn Collar Shirt"

The torn collar shirt,
which had stood by through everything,
is now thrown away.

Yet it still lingers,
used as a mop.

Like an old grandfather
lying on the charpoy
in the corridor,
standing guard over the house.
He wards off strangers, monkeys, dogs,
but no sound comes from his mouth;
only a whisper slips forth.

(From my collection of old poems)

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