BETWEEN THE DUNES

Rajashree Mohapatra

BETWEEN THE DUNES

Our fleeting desires fulfilled In a savage ocean ... when sacred waves surging high .

In bitterness of sorrow our Joy arrested A sensuous desire satisfied We stood in midstream Still striving with hands upraised

Desires fragmented Ended in deluded ego. Quests for sunny field of bliss hidden behind thorny cactus field beyond egocentric entities in calm oasis.

Streams die ... Pleasure disappears ... Between the dunes of desire the wind of inspiration blows Mirage vanish , eternal self glow Uncoloured by our mental moods Eternal flowers bloom between the dunes .

Rajashree Mohapatra©