Priyatosh Das

English Poetry / Assam State

Winner National Literature Award 2024

When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares

When dreams turn in to nightmares

When hope run after mirage

When the wheels of life derail from the track.

With catastrophic pains in the deep heart's core

When  the Titanic of hopes and aspirations

Sinks in the bottomless sea,

When the scorching Sun dries up the ocean-

When the soul- mate buries in to the graveyard...

When endeared mother, when the beloved father leaves us following the rules of life,

The effulging fire

Burn them in to ashes of the pyre

When nurtured flowers are destroyed in the calamitous storm;

When no one is left to-

 partake of sorrows and pains

When no one is left to share pleasurable days of blissful spring

When no is one left to sing in unison and accompany the adventurous journey of the life

When excruciating pains of separation break heart

Must not we lose hope with sadness O! the dispirited souls

We must continue our untiring efforts facing with all odds of life with undaunted spirit and determination,

To achieve cherished mission of life

Vowing down head to the sublime feet of the Omnipotent God

Who is omnipresent in the midst of us-?

He will guide us to reach our goal

 For he is the mightiest magician

He has the charismatic power and panacea to heal our wounds to regain lost beauty of life and usher a new dawn.