Rendezvous

Poetry By Sanjukta Dasgupta

RENDEZVOUS

Every midnight I live a little
As you appear out of the horizon
To hold me in a dream
Every night sleep seems
To be an entry ticket 
To the boudoir of fantasies

As we hold each other
The grip sways 
Between a clutch and a touch
The embrace of the vibrant Unreal
Enlivens the comatose Real

Every midnight I die a little
I stretch my arms
And hold each dream 
Breathless in ecstasy 
Drunk with the elixir
That only dreams can stir

Happiness jerks me out of sleep
Dreams disturbed
Lie like glass shards underfoot
The dreamless daze of day
Living death everyday

Waiting to wake up 
In your arms again my love
When midnight strikes
And dreams of you 
Dispel living death. 

 Sanjukta Dasgupta is a poet, critic, short story writer and translator. Indomitable Draupadi (2022) is her eighth book of poems.

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