Ocean 

An Ocean is beyond all imagination 
Boundless and unfathomable 
Like mother’s love 
Depth of the ocean is unnerving 
Sight of an ocean stirs up thoughts 
Sound of an ocean is music for the soul 
Waves are like emotions 
Calm at the surface 
Full of turmoil beneath
Horizon is just an illusion 
Like utopia 
Colors of an ocean is reflection of sky 
Like our society is reflection of our actions 
Ocean is a world in itself 
Rivers fear to lose their identity 
as they fall into the ocean
But only when they do 
They become the ocean themselves 
Oceans are exhilarating 
Nothing remains forever inside 
That’s the nature of an ocean 
Salt of ocean 
Brings flavour in life 
Sometimes to anchor 
You need to go to shallow water
Corals are beautiful from far 
Don’t get entangled 
Let the burdens you are carrying
Melt away in the ocean 
Let life flow with the waves 
Let the dreams sail in the ocean 
Let the ocean touch the soul
Let your heart be big like the ocean.

 COSMOS 

The universe swirls and twirls around us
The deep blue universe 
Millions of specks of light 
A   blinding explosive sun 
And a calming orb of night 
The universe swirls and twirls around us 
The entirety of the cosmos lies in what it seems 
to be circular 
The eternal universe and beyond 
Our karma 
Eternal cycle of cause and effect
Reverberates throughout our lives and beyond 
Though our soul is just a minuscule part of the cosmos 
Yet we carry the whole universe within 
The universe swirls and twirls around us 
The cycle of birth and death 
Cycle of seasons 
The formation of a star 
The ripples of water 
Droplets of rain 
A simple circle 
Yet asserting itself unconditionally 
Stable and unstable simultaneously 
The mysteries of the universe 
Are far and beyond imagination 
Either it is a circle or nothing 
What goes around 
Comes around 
The universe swirls and twirls around us 
The black holes 
Form when life cycle of a star ends
Nothing escapes from a black hole 
Circling in the cosmos 
If there be light, then there is darkness
Life is a cycle of everything and nothing 
What starts with circular molecule of life 
Ends into circular something
And the universe swirls and twirls around us.

*All the artworks along with the poems are created by the Poet Pallavi Jain

About the Poet:

Pallavi Jain resident of pearl of gulf, Bahrain for last 10 years, comes from India. Ex-chemistry professor is a bilingual poet. She says nature fuels her imagination and creativity. Multifaceted Pallavi has a distinctive personal style which emanates peace. Her poems reflect her exquisite personality. Her poems has been published in local news papers and in anthologies in India and UK. She is a self-taught passionate artist, home remedy blogger, eco warrior and works for various social causes. Her paintings are ambiguous, general, and abstract as the familiar world around us.

Instagram: bhoomi_our_land

Blog: ybrante.wordpress.com

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On the verge

The gaggle on skates lines up 
for a few seconds, proffers 

smiles to the mother, who
holds them in her camera, & 

from the gaps in my empty-nest
window I too hold them as they 

glide away like flighty 
marbles, one almost tipping 

over and instantly steadied 
by another, caught in this 

incompossible moment 
when the path’s clear 

ahead, and yet there’s no 
telling what’s to come.  

About the Poet:

Sayantani Roy’s writing straddles India and the U.S., and she calls both places home. She has placed work in publications such as Amethyst Review, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Cold Lake Anthology, Gone Lawn, Heavy Feather Review, Impostor Poetry Journal, The Hooghly Review, The Seattle Times, Silver Birch Press, and Wordgathering. She is thrilled to be a community TA in the very popular poetry MOOC ModPo (modpo.org). Find her on Instagram @sayan_tani_r. (https://www.instagram.com/sayan_tani_r)

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