In this evocative love poem, Rajashree serenades the night. An exclusive for Different Truths.

O Night!
When light is smoothly withdrawn,
the darkness spreads from your wings 
 
When the bright moon ascends 
in a cluster of light
You cling to the sky as love to life 
 
A silence wraps me, 
A blessing all around me 
 
O Night!
Out of your silence comes, 
my beauty, my grace, 
Comes the depth of my eyes, 
Aura of my being
 
I close my eyes, 
and sleep into your lap
Into its fathomless depth,
I rejuvenate every moment.
 
O Night!
Be my love, 
Cast me in your core, 
Meet me in my dreams,
Let the endless sky bow down before us ...

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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.