SOUND OF MUSIC

The burning sensation
of the sound,
no matter how hard,how loud...
dripping through the walls
of the inner I,
and filling up the cracks
inflicted by the vagaries
of another bottomless day...
Is like the ritual chanting
of a psychopomp
that carries the soul
to the house of sleep
through the sound of music
in a darkened room.

Anirban Kapil Baishya (26/8/2003)