Dr. Supatra’s evocative poem visits the world of a performer, exclusively for Different Truths.

Nearer the end
And so much left undone
Untouched…unsaid
Waning lights
Fading music
The curtains
Beginning to drop
The audience now
Restless
Shifting focus
A new order awaits…

Something must be done
And soon
On an instant
Something once dreamt of
And forgotten
In those chases and battles

Then bring on my wear
Roll on the mascara
Moisten my skin
Lights!
Camera!
Action!
Motion!
Feat!
Cheer!
Applause…
Draw apart the curtains
A grander show is on the way
Audience…
Do not leave
The candle flickers
The voice cracks

But the best is yet to come…

Dr. Supatra Sen

Dr. Supatra Sen, Associate Professor, Asutosh College Kolkata is a veteran academician, teaching and researching in the fields of Botany and Environment. Besides international books, papers, and reviews, she has edited several UGC-funded ISBN volumes and is the founder and chief editor of an ISSN peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary academic journal, Harvest, since 2016. Her tryst with poetry began, in 2020, during the global pandemic and, in October 2021, her poetry anthology, My Autumn Sonata, was published.

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