Poem - Rain From The Cracked Firmament, Poet - Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee
Rain From The Cracked Firmament
Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee
The sky is cracked with ancient grief and flame,
Its thunder speaks of battles never won.
Yet through the fissures falls a gentle name—
Peace, like rain, beneath a weeping sun.
No trumpet sounds, no flags in triumph wave,
Just silence blooming where the bombs once fell.
The earth, though bruised, forgets what war gave,
And dares to dream beyond the ashen shell.
A child now draws a dove upon the wall,
Its wings outstretched in charcoal, soft and wide.
A mother hums where once she feared to call,
Her lullaby no longer needs to hide.
The rain descends on ruins, soft and slow,
Each drop a prayer, each puddle a rebirth.
The cracked firmament begins to glow—
Not with fire, but with the hope of earth.
Let swords be ploughshares, hearts unbar the gate,
For peace is not a gift, but a shared fate.
About the poet
International Tagore Awardee Professor Ratan Bhattacharjee who is a multilingual poet known as Oleander Poet for his Oleander Blooms is a former Affiliate Faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University USA. Email profratanbhattacharjee@gmail.com
Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed
Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published by Md Ejaj Ahamed from Aurangabad, Murshidabad, W. B, India
