Quietude and loneliness
for god’s sake, don’t take silence for granted
it is loud, hypnotizing and over-rated
it has a spiritual world charm attached to it
you never know if it would declare you dead
and then, you can see the resurrected spirit
approaching your stillness and challenging the world around
to leave you alone
Kiriti Sengupta is the author of the bestselling trilogy My Glass of Wine [autobiographic poetry], The Reverse Tree [nonfictional memoir] and Healing Waters Floating Lamps [poetry]. Sengupta is based at Calcutta, India. His website: http://www.kiritisengupta.com/