From Bengal, despair... and the optimism of resistance
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In the dark, waiting, for a tidal wave...
By Sreela Das Gupta in Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal
One is surrounded by a choking darkness
It steals our voice
It negates our identity
As citizens
As a people
As women
And undesired kings might wear their crowns
But the gold WILL tarnish one day
The thrones of sand
Washed away by a tidal force
Biding its time
And this is the hope I hold on to
For I am beyond
Disbelief and anger and revenge
It may be a mirage
But I do believe that the human spirit
WILL persist and truth will prevail
Somewhen
If not today
Sreela Das Gupta is an author and poet.