You are my opposite ocean

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You are my opposite ocean

March 07

09:03 2026

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by indadmin

Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak

You are my opposite ocean—
salt to my thirst,
shore to my storm,
stillness stitched into my surge.

Whenever I drown in thought,
you become my breathing.
When I burn with being,
you become my monsoon.
We are two contradictions
conspiring to become one canonical doctrine.

(The poet Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak (O.E.S.-I) is Assistant Prof. of Odia and HoD, P.G. Dept. of Odia, F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore-756001. He can be reached at Mobile No.- 8328909157. Email ID- skn16031991@gmail.com)