When the fire is raging within
But the mind has to stay calm
When the beads of extreme anguish
Are gliding down your sweaty palm

When your eyes cannot betray
What your mind is trying to hide
When your heart is crying out
Tearing out your insides

When the half smile on your lips
Can also be half a cry
Irrespective of how much you camouflage
Or how much ever you try

When the inferno cannot be doused
By sweet meaningless words
When the music which wafts gently
Is cutting your flesh with a sword

There is only one person
Who can see you through your guise
The same person who loves you
And has never ever left your side

Open your heart to her shamelessly
And hear the flames whimper
Making your true self surface again
Rejoicing in the arms of your lover

Subir Chakraborty
16th Sept 2020