Issue: Vol. IV, No. 4, February-April, 2026
And Exactly from this Place
I shall begin the journey
I have been waiting for all these days
Exactly from this place.
There I shall sit under the sky
And listen to the songs
Of flowers, birds, butterflies and the wind.
I shall no longer dance to the tune of taunting time.
I shall wear a green or a pink dress all the time
So that a friend and well wisher faces
No difficulty in spotting me.
Come Silently
Come silently
Leaving behind all memories
Of roads left behind
The door is kept open
Come in
Promise to me
You will not go back
Let gossips of love and sweet words
Light up the fine shells
Of silence
Let the rhythms
Of breathing and arteries
Become unending music.
Translated by Ananda Bormudoi
Satyajit Gogoi is an Assamese poet and Documentary filmmaker based in Duliajan, Assam. He has three collections of poems to his credit. Ajjo Ahisil Aranyakhan (2024) is his most recent collection of poems.