Raja’s poem for Different Truths urges abandoning rulebooks for love’s wordless symphony. Surrender to its wild, natural rhythm and find profound peace in the splurge.

you tell me
i’m not loving you right
 
you say i love
like a song which has no words
yet the music haunts you
 
or a painting maybe-
full of life but lacking perfection
 
but I do not know
any other way to love
 
for all i know, love is a river
that flows in its own pace
 
it has a summer, a winter
spring too-
all in their own rhyme and rhythm 
 
syntax, my love, is for the rule-books
love is wild like a bonfire
 
read it in my eyes
hear it in your heart
 
give yourself to the splurge 
and let it take you completely 
 
there is a quiet peace in surrender 
that’s where love is

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Raja Chakraborty

Raja Chakraborty, born in Kolkata, is a bilingual poet, a gifted artist and bureaucrat, crafting seven English and nine Bengali poetry collections. His works grace magazines, anthologies, and e-zines. In the West Bengal Excise Department, he combats drug abuse and oversees liquor shop licensing under the Bengal Excise Act 2012, curbing illegal trade. Balancing literary passion with public service, Chakraborty’s contributions enrich West Bengal’s cultural and administrative spheres, showcasing his dedication to poetry and societal welfare.