Raju Baruah - ***NIRVANA***

Nilanjana
Do you hear me

The crowd I crossed
The crown I boasted
Was that my victory

I don't know
From where I got that power
To cross
To smash those innocent Armour of unknown horse

Still, I have no idea of time and space
I have no idea of war and peace

My abandoned me
Laughing


What I want, where it is


Can one conquer over others
Yet, I haven't overcome me


I didn't know why my surrogates crying
When I was coming with victory

Nilanjana
I am beside you
To conquer over me
The roots of this banyan touched you
I am under that tree
Give me that strength to face with me
I want to know myself
That's what I can see.


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Nilanjana:
the name of the river beside which Gautama got Enlightenment

(c) raju baruah 2001

Raju Baruah

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