Coming back is not easy
Has never been easy
Whether to a place of your childhood cradling a tumultuous past
Or even an aching thought for a long lost loved one
Cause memories stand frozen in the sands of time
While the world keeps moving at its own pace
To a point where the reality does not match
With the bits and pieces of the jigsaw puzzle
Continuously playing hide and seek in your head
Cause memories are your very own – cherished and treasured
Swimming in waves of surrealistic fervour
While realism ebbs and flows with the tides of time

Subir Chakraborty
14th Dec 2024