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Quaking Boulders
Hundreds of tourists sitting on rocks overlooking the sea
Tiny sea town ...three hours drive from Kolkata
As if they had arrived to watch some winter regatta
Urban citizens savouring the fresh, clean air
Starved wild tigers got out of their lair
Toddlers carrying brightly coloured balloons
Teenagers swinging to music... doing silly things
Bleary-eyed couples eyeing sea-shell wares at seaside shops
Middle-aged people strolling lazily on the neon-lit street
Oldies have flopped down on the boulders with tired feet
Sickle shaped dim moon floating in the winter sea sky
The boulders making barriers striving to stop the waves
Building up strength as the night grows old
Waves trying their best to shake the boulders bold
Nature's fury boiling in the veins of the mighty sea
"You frail,puny boulders.. dare to stand before me!"
With a heave the waves hit the massive boulders
"We can't bear your strength on our puny shoulders"
The boulders quaked with fright-yet they felt the delight
Ecstasy------- after finally losing the primordial fight !
© Bishwanath Mukherjee
