When the sun shines
with mellow kindness,
and blue butterflies
hover around fragrant blooms…
coral reefs reflect
vibrant hues across crystal waters…
soft splashes of frothing waves,
lull me into a rosy reverie…
A rainbow moment
tiptoes out of the
strict regime of time…
as an ambient sky smiles down upon me…
velvet petals of a roseate dream,
lilt upon the limpid pools
of my slumbering eyes…
Whispers of sensuous tales,
misted with primal desires…
waft over my skin…
A season of perpetual spring
alights on the frilly satin
of my blushing bed….
Elusive chimera of diaphanous forms
flow around me like angels…
touching me
with a delicacy infinite…
Could this be the budding
of a new genesis?
My soul sprouts visions
of a haven extraordinaire,
a sanctuary
of endless indulgences…
an elegant transcendence,
whose whereabouts
are privy exclusively,
to my enraptured soul…
Antara Banerjee is an award-winning author of the books, 'The Goddess in Flesh' and 'To be a Woman'. She is also a tri-lingual poet with the book, 'Pieces of a Tormented Mind' to her credit. Her works have featured in anthologies like Peacocks in a Dream, OPA, Freedom Raga and Erothanatos, Macabre Tales and such. Masters from Goldsmiths College, London and graduate from Presidency College, she is the recipient of Sanmarg Aparajita Award 2019, Young Achiever- Literature and Udaan Empowering Women Awards 2017, for her contribution in Women Centric Literature.