Forgotten Pillars .

Mute witness
having succumbed to
the weight of timelessness
they stand adorned
with haphazard creepers
and cobwebs weave intricate design
over decades of dust.


Shunned into oblivion
away from all religious frenzy
they might offer solace
to the chance wanderer
untainted as they are
with the blood of devotees.


SHANTANU RAY CHOUDHURI