Enveloped by the crescendo
Of the piercing silence
I peel off the barriers one at a time
And allow my being to confront its own bitterness

What can it inform me, I’m curious to know
Of my own frailties, my failings
Trapped in the innermost recesses
Guarded zealously by the sentries of my mind

Protecting me from internal violence
Which can rip me apart
The realizations and the fears
The self confessions of weaknesses and unlawful desires

But the time approaches presently to dare it
In a now or never act
To free my soul from the bindings
And let it soar free, ever free

Subir Chakraborty / 29th Jan 2018