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Parallel Perceptions

The Nature of TruthPoetry

I am
half overflowing Happiness
half endless Pain.
I am Life and Love
Death and Despair—
the alternating bands
of Light and Darkness
Truth and Lies…

I am your Desire—
Nature and Conscience
Hopes and Dreams
Fear and Nightmares
I am the Soul of all Lives
the Memories of the Dead.

I am the Essence of your Emotions—
the vast expanse of Nothing,
yet Everything…
I am the Artist who paints the Sky,
I am the Tides of flowing Time
the Past, Present and Future.
I am your Thoughts and Feelings
the distant pinprick of Stars
the yellow warmth of Sun
Moon’s silver laughter
I am the Heaven in Hell
the Dream in Despair.

I am the Intelligence of the human mind
the Instinct of the animal
I am the Parallel Worlds in the Same Universe
Parallel Perceptions in the Same World.

Sunwrita Dastidar studies in Class XII at the Modern High School for Girls in Kolkata, India.

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