The road runs zig zag
like a serpent through
the abysmal depths
of African Jungle!
The trees have grown
draped with the thick swathes
of snow!
The frozen lake,
the mountain men,
the mountain goats!
The array glistens,
the sun touches the top
turns into molten golden!
An enigma created!
The clouds float,
rains shower,
blur the vision,
diminish the elegance!
An illusion,
a jeep runs up,
an uphill journey
amid rocks and thorns!
Souls trek,
ignoring the icy,
perfidious floor!
The mission unsure,
the vision beyond the lines of heaven!
The rains disappear,
The dismal weather is no more,
The wind settles among the boughs!
Yet the frost-bitten fingers,
the gnarled skin,
the trembling limbs
know not the taste of defeat,
the undulating plains still summon
to emerge victorious,
the demigod or superhuman!
Confession –
Not an easy affair,
not an easy goal,
not an easy step!!
~Kunal Roy
Kolkata, India