And when he met her first
She was masked
Deep blue eyeballs, lavender frons
Air drawn locks and the pearly drops
Everything mesmeric
Everything magnetic .
Yet he never heard her speak
Never saw her smile
The more mysterious was she
The more he got crazy.
And the day came finally
He put his hand upon hers
Eyes met the eyes
An aggression, a retreat
A whisper, a fast beat.
Still she was masked, still silent
But he grew more impatient
The mask was drawn, 'the hidden' shown
…………..
The unveiled face downwards bent
O horror! O horror!
The chin was burnt, he came to learn
Of the attack brutal.
Moment passed, a deep hush
A little linger
Kissed he now, the fleshless blush
Finger touched the finger.
Bio:
A painter, poet and story writer Soumik Kumar De likes to write on versatile themes. Mr De has been severally anthologized in publications of international repute like Setu, INNSAEI, Borderless, AWS e-zine, Literoma etc. His poems have been included in internationally acclaimed books like Aulos: An Anthology of Poems; Caravan; Insalutas; Paradise on Earth, An International Anthology; Earth, Fire Water Wind, Collegiality and Other Poems, Pixie Dust and All Things Magical to name a few. He is also one of the very few global writers to be anthologized in Hunger: An Anthology edited by Dustin Pickering and Stuti Shree, published from Texas.
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