An evocative poem, about life and living in a city, with its sights and sounds, exclusively for Different Truths.

Some more time to linger in those
Old old bookshops
Where a thousand stories lie untold
Some more time
To wander along
Those familiar rutted roads
Where trams meander lazily
To frequent destinations
Thronging crowds
Pushing, jostling, talking, shouting,
Asking, giving, complaining
All at once…
Their tales to be heard
And…Solitude…
Full…
Complete…

The rain drenched mud-splattered streets
Paper boats yet to drift
The sun-beaten dust covered
Oft trodden trails
With sights and smells and sounds
So much my own
Some more time
With them all…

The waiter in the teashop
Still greets with warmth
The flower-girl
With a smile that may outshine
A thousand splendid suns
The friend who had once drifted
Now seeking a harbour
The parent still demanding obedience
And time…

Some more time
A few more years…
Then

Visual by Different Truths

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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