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Madhushree Das‘s poem: Mona Lisa

I am Mona Lisa;  

Da Vinci's once-lost 

Masterpiece

And his most-found

Mundane. 

The wholesome woman, 

And the winsome wonder, to watch—to.

The high-hung

And the held-high, to hail—to.


The mastery of elite minds.

And 

The mystery of eclectic kinds. 

 

Much of my forever will be of mine, 

More of my forever will be of yours, 

Most of my forever will be of others,


But


I shall still be mysterious;   

Musing and magnifying

Into the strangest of smiles. 


But


I shall still be serendipitous;

Seizing and stupefying 

Into the sharpest of strokes. 



Much of my forever will be of mine, 

More of my forever will be of yours, 

Most of my forever will be of others,


But 


I shall still be prosperous; 

Pleasing and promising,

Into the clumsiest of thoughts.


But


I shall still be torturous;

Teasing and tormenting,

Into the clearest of tongues.



Much of my forever is yet to be of mine,

More of my forever is yet to be of yours,

Most of my forever is yet to be of others. 



Yet, 

I was the one,


You had been gathered for—relentlessly.

And

You had been scattered to—restlessly. 


You have been objected for—seamlessly. 

And 

You have been subjected to—selflessly.

 

And  Yet, 

I will be the one, 


You will be spellbound to—timelessly.

And

You will be hellbound for—tirelessly.


Much of my forever is yet to be of mine,

More of my forever is  yet to be of yours, 

Most of my forever is yet to be of others.

 

And yet again

I am still 

The same one ; 



Never to be spoken—aloud.

Never to be suppressed—among. 


Ever to be hidden—ahead. 

Ever to be haunted—around.



I behold "now",

And

This "now" has never existed. 


I belong "now",

And

This "now" has never been exhausted.


 

Madhushree Das is an imaginative visualiser and an intuitive versifier. Empowering people through the magic of words is her mysticism. She loves the rainbow, sunshine, and poetry. She has authored two collections of poetry.  Her first book is “When the Mystic Meets a Starfish and her second book is “Caravan to the Cosmos “. Both books are enriched with poetic wordplay and pioneered by the interconnectedness of human emotions and nature’s elicitations. Both books are in the collection of the Library of Congress, USA. The Link to her first book ” When the Mystic Meets a Starfish” is https://www.amazon.in/When-Mystic-Meets-Starfish-_Inkling/dp/8194478510 and the Link to her Second book ” Caravan to the Cosmos is https://www.amazon.in/Caravan-Cosmos-Madhushree-Das/dp/9355651597

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