The Man in White
Darkness breaks and a speck of light
Dressed in clouds besmeared with fog,
Yonder the shore — thou a man in white.
White ants sprawl over thy briny bosom
White foam spray on thy face,
Yonder the white, Welkin a canopy,
A Man who crawls but never resigns from a race….
Look down Apollo and gaze at the plight,
Thy light, thou and he….. all a
Man in white.
Sky breaks and afar a sight,
Dressed in autumn, besmeared with cold,
Yonder the horizon — thou a man in white.
It is winter on thy boughs,
frost down thy feet…
snow on thy head, icicles down thy cheeks,
but still thy rage to creep out of the pit…
Look down Apollo and gaze at the plight,
Thy light, thou and he….. all a
Man in white.
Colours of the world abjure your pride
Never pass to oblivion that you have emerged from white,
Besides remember, what the mirror
Reflects today…. tomorrow is a
man in white.
Kanjilal has a heart and soul like us full of emotions – he laughs in pain, and weeps in anger yet fulfills his routine responsibilities to get going. His beliefs are framed around the notion of ‘constantly’ committing good to negate the evil deed, which is portrayed through his composed poetry.
Every poem of his demonstrates strong emotions, yet the situations and tones are varied. His poetry is written in the peripherals of peace, yet conveys the authenticity that speaks of breaking the invisible prison in the human mind by accepting the concept of achieving freedom with no boundaries and endless ends.
