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Shefali Fragrance: Unlocking the Secrets of Nighttime Scents


Sangeeta’s poem explores a serene night where the protagonist finds solace in simple pleasures beyond her surroundings, guiding her nocturnal odyssey for Different Truths.

When the night sky
Painted dots,
All were transferred
In the land of dreams.
She basked in the little delight,
The solitary night offered,
Though it was within her confinement
She knew she couldn’t tread beyond and
Inhale in the scented vapours,
The Shefali in the yard offered.
She was content with catching its whiff.
And closed her eyes in
Breezy solitude by the half-open window.
The gateway to the huge landscape was
Conjured before her eyes.
A yonder, draped in enchanting mystery.
The lure beckoned her every night.
This has been her sweet cocoon.
That infused life,
To live the next day.
For she doesn’t own the day,
Her tasks as a marionette are no doubt skillfully run.
And all errands met at their best.
 
After the done is done
And all chores are winded.
The strings of hers are set free
From the fingers of the operator.
The caged bird in her heart flutters
And takes flight into her dominion.
She rules for some time in her universe.
Her sphere,
Where she decides
The journey of the night’s reveries.

Picture design by Anumita Roy

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Sangeeta Dey Roy
Sangeeta Dey Roy is an author, poet, fiction, and non-fiction essayist who has been published widely in several magazines, souvenirs, newspapers including The Assam Tribune and Telegraph, national and international anthologies and co-edited a few magazines and the anthology named,” Mystic Reveries”. Her debut book is a collection of 81 poems. She’ s a member of ispell and IPPL. She hails from Haflong, Assam and is a teacher by profession.

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