Like Never Before

by Ratul Banerjee

lush green grasslands
roads carpeted by
fallen leaves, scattered

trail of my footprints
bear memories
upon the colossus of space and time
of this splendor , unravelled
gently deluging the dark
soft radiance ruptures
the dawn ...
the skyline ...now in raging colours
like a forest fire
that wans out
as morning intensifies
from crevices of the dark
dawn breaks in
an ephemeral reality
lest captivated upon the
recesses of mind
like a dirge
a soulful song
the dawn
like never before