Half a Sunset - Sarvajeet D Chandra

A city of half a sunset

The other half of sunset, unseen

A city of half an acquaintance 

The other half, a gaggle of unfamiliar beings 

The elephant deity wages a fiery battle 

Against monsters of half-truths, deceit

As the pandemic adds a mask

To  the multitudes of faces we wear 

The skyscrapers gaze quietly 

Half-listening to my voiceless songs

The in-between-ness of a migrant life

The blank, blank emptiness of days

Sleek billboards sell half-baked dreams

What we possess never seems enough 

Rejigger yourself, add speed and shine

Keep running, you aren’t good enough 

I try hard to take the city out of me

In a distant resort, full of sea and stars

The city fumes inside, it’s discontent

Keeps lingering like a half-hearted exile

The sea comforts me in many ways

It devours the grisly yesterdays in me

Reconditions my half-happy tomorrows

As I ebb and flow again, with streams of strangers

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