Where the Bridge Still Sways
Between Ranaghat skies and Chakdaha rain, Two wandering hearts forgot their pain, As if in silence fate once swore, “You’ve loved before… and will love more.” On that swaying bridge where rivers sigh, Where winds confess what lips feel shy, The Jhulonto Bridge held us that day… When truth slipped out and chose to stay. Your fingers trembled, locked in mine, Like roots that knew this love was divine, And in that swing of steel and air, Seven lifetimes whispered there. From shared headphones on rattling trains, To soft laughter in windowpane rains, One song, two souls, a rhythm we knew, Every lyric somehow sounded like you. Your home… it didn’t feel unknown, It wrapped me warm, it felt like my own, Your parents’ smiles, your cousins too… Loved me softly… because of you. Kolkata nights and glowing streets, Where chaos and calm somehow meets, A river launch, the city in glow, Your head on my chest, the tide moving slow. At Rockland Park in Kalyani’s breeze, You sat on my lap with reckless ...