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Communion
When did you last speak
to me, or I to you?
Speak about real things,
that is, not phrases
that make a conversation
but do not achieve communication.
When did our silences
last merge like pools
in the cracked and fissured
earth of everyday concourse,
aiding tender, green shoots
of understanding to emerge?
Long ago we used to peel
the shells of words from
their kernels of meaning
tossing the nuts into our mouths
chewing on the taste of truth
holding on to the sustenance derived.
Were we then the ghosts
of our present selves,
or true beings in communion
with self, other and world?
Maybe we had defeated chronology
and become wiser before our time.
© Ajanta Paul
Ajanta Paul is a widely published poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He was a former Principal of Women's Christian College, Kolkata. A Pushcart nominee, Ajanta has been published in literary journals including Capella Biannual Journal, Offcourse, The Statesman, The Wild Word, Atticus Review, and Spadina Literary Review.
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