An evocative love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths.

If it were a paper boat ...
Might not be destined to flow
If it were cursed ...
Might not live to last long

If it were the envy of unknown Gods ...
Might have melted in the magma chamber
And might have lost forever

But it's our love that is never lost
And moreover
Its wings can beat the air
like Jonathan seagull

Undauntingly
Life has many a folds
Some remain unscreened and untold
And life glitters like gold

Verses can't explain it all
Words fall short
In the silent valley of hearts
although a river overflows.

You have said once
Stories are trivialities
But life alone is tranquil and beautiful.

Visual designed by Anumita Roy and Different Truths

Rajashree Mohapatra

Rajashree Mohapatra, born in Odisha, has received her master’s degree in ‘History’, and ‘Journalism and Mass Communications’ from Utkal University. She is a teacher by profession. Being a postgraduate in ‘Environmental Education and Industrial Waste Management’ from Sambalpur University, she has devoted herself as a social activist to the cause of social justice, environmental issues, and human rights in remote areas through non-governmental organisations. Poetry, painting, and journalism are her passions.