Introduction to the Poet:
Goutami DasNayak is a senior resident in the department of Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha. She likes listening to music, reading and writing poetry.
GOODBYE
Looking at the last things lovely,
When time draws near,
It’s your touch that I feel
And your voice that I hear.
A sweet pain invades my heart
And numbness for a while,
I seize those pearls from my eyes
And gather them to a smile.
We look far from here, together,
Time has come and gone
But the sweetest words are left unsaid
And the sweetest deeds undone.
FREEDOM
I was a caged bird
With quivering pains,
Silent screams,
Nipped in bud were all my dreams.
Then one fine day,
Hope shone on my way
Unleashing my soul,
Carried me in full sway
And I soared high,
Weighing this limitless sky
Spreading across my little wings,
I found the joy that Freedom brings.