Amanita’s poem deal with the grim realities of life and a resolve to achieve, exclusively for Different Truths.
It will be a lonely run.
The run-up to the finishing line.
It will be not be fraught with
the joy of a cheering crowd,
regaling faces, hopefuls
gathering to see a good run.
For I have not run well. Never.
For I have let them pass by me
as if it wasn’t a grave track that
I was on, as if the reality of losing
was a myth, a far-off truth.
But I will finish this run.
The desolate winding lanes
will pause to listen to the
patter of my steps, wakeful
to its rhythm and wonder
if I can make it through.
I will run in the rain, more in it
for the obscurity it gives,
for the illusions it makes,
as if there are hands to wave
as if there is a pair of kind eyes
looking on, wishing me a win.
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Published by Writers Workshop, Amanita’s first book of poems, was “The Candle in My Dream”, Since then her English poems have been carried in a number of anthologies including Amravati Poetic Prism, Anthology of Women Poets and Women, Wit, Wisdom, Platform, Piker Press, etc. And her Bengali ones in magazines, not just in Kolkata but also in Bangladesh and USA. She is a mental health professional, is married and lives in Kolkata.
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