Rajashree’s poetry of the cosmos unravels a journey through the universe’s enchanting stories of stars and silence, for Different Truths.

Waves rolling in and out
Gently by nature
Like the last breath  
Collapsing and disappearing...
 
The story of a big moon 
And shooting stars.   
Whispers the sky 
When the universe giggles.
 
I look at the night, 
It's silence and darkness 
Millions of twinkling lights 
String me and my smile,
In sheer romance.
 
Disengaged, I walk home
The galaxies, the planets and stars 
Spin to bring me a new dawn.
Now, it is time to wake up...
And rise to the occasion. 

Picture design by Anumita Roy

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.