Discovery of Forefathers
Poem Composed by Tapas Dey
In the enormous sky of the evening,
Stars bloom, twos and threes,
They look studded in the black canopy.
They come down in disguise of the wind,
They play hide and seek
With my childhood days.
Gradually, the evening enters into
The dense forest of the night.
At play with the glowworms in my dream,
I see myself in all trees and plants,
Talking to one another joyfully
In the old language.
I discover myself in them
A lineage of ancient souls.
They seem to be telling me,
“Harm us not, we are your forefathers.”
Bio of the poet: Tapas Dey, lives in a small town, Mathabhanga, West Bengal, India and is a teacher by profession and a poet by passion. His poems have already been published in many national and international anthologies and magazines,like ‘The best of 2020’, ‘ I want to live’, ‘Climate change…do or die’, Inner Child Press International, ILA magazine, USA, Dash magazine, UK, ‘Prodigy magazine ‘ Mexico,’ Humanity magazine, Russia ‘Over the rainbow’,Greece, ‘Paper Fiber Fest’,’Litterateur Redefining’ India, and many more. He firmly believes that life is one time offer and beautiful gift of nature and he enjoys each breath of life.