Part V
In reminiscence , sometimes , I look back for some precious love I left behind
as if some young deer, looking often, back for her lost mother somewhere
Once in young life, I was forced to leave behind my root and Mother- Land
even , for my synthetic Freedom , some kind, on Bay of Bengal side ----
a tragic Political Finish !
While writing you all these, some other thoughts too crowd in me
My childhood was full and a happy gift to me
though we never had a rich mammon life or anything alike .
I and my Childhood - river , to me , Ocean wide
holding my mother's hand , I even would dream of Oceanic Voyage some day !
Those white sailing clouds sliding across the sky
Those white sailing clouds sliding across the sky
the distant boats with puffed in sails and boat-men's song
sailing for dream- land , --remained ever un-known to me
Where for they were sailing, --- was never my job to know .
My only treasure-thought was , I know :
Beyond the river was, -- my Maternal Uncle's House , that I came to now --and
where all my play-things were eagerly waiting for me !
Memory and feeling have no reign or restrain ; nor are chained .
nor any Road- maps on their wings
And now ----to day, I am a Urban Man
this story I shall tell some day --and
elsewhere .
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