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\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are my opposite ocean\u2014
salt to my thirst,
shore to my storm,
stillness stitched into my surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(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)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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