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Among the rocks silence sleeps

Sleeps for years and years;

Solitude only speaks to ether

The sky stares at far forever.

Seen and seeing, then and now

It speaks to none and none;

Neither the past nor today

Solitude yearns with no dismay.

Neither a girl nor a boy

Not a machine not a toy

Neither welcome not a ploy

Solitude pure, but not a decoy.

Flapping wings solitude flies

Pages turned but nothing read

Head is not, not also tail

But it’s known, it’s a gel.

Sitting with solitude at blue bay

With red Sun, grey painted sky

Time flaps wings for years to fly

With full of joy and bag full cry.

Years in hundreds walk and walk

Solitude follows with heavy neck;

Among the rocks silence sleeps

Years groom and solitude grips.

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Hrushikesha Mohanty

4-7^th April ’20 Bhubaneshwar Curfew

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