On the shore of the sea I rest, 

Drinking the ocean of silence; 

Neelam Saxena Chandra

And like a drunken man I dance, 

Entranced and lost in happiness! 

The winds harp a poignant tune, 

The waves play a soulful melody; 

The seagulls join in the chorus, 

The night passes by nimbly…. 

The moon peeps and is bewitched 

To hear the heart touching jingles, 

How can it stay so far away? 

Into the bosom of the sea it nestles! 

By the scene’s splendour mesmerised,  

I drop all my masks and veils; 

And like an enticed maiden I swallow 

Sanguinity from the life’s pails!  

Neelam Saxena Chandra, who writes both in English and Hindi, has authored 4 novels, 1 novella, 6 short story collections, 32 poetry collections and 13 children’s books. More than 1500 of her poems and stories have been published in various journals, anthologies and magazines. The winner of several international and national awards, she holds a record for being the author with the highest number of publications in a year with the Limca Book of Records, 2015 and was listed in Forbes as one of the popular authors in 2014.