by Mushira Habib When I’ll be covered in that white piece of cloth, Will be whitened out of life and pain, I won’t be able to see. ‘Cause my eyes will be covered too! Won’t hear much, as have heard enough in life. Won’t care much, as my term for caring will be over with …
Disturbia
by Golam Rabbani I am revealing my second skin The eternal glee glows With arithmetic rhyme without rhythm My second skin, I touch, I feel, I rise, I scream Still the skin glows. I am revealing my second skin With the Esraaz of A. R. Rahman with the violin of Tchaikovsky I am peeling out …
The Fundamental Truth
by Minu Ahmed The fundamental truth eludes me Tucks itself into the crevices of my mind I search, I search and I search again, Futile attempts, jumps made in vain Soaring, falling and crashing once more. I listen to the harmony of the unspoken words That He tries to say to me, Forgive me Lord, …
LOVELORN
O my lovelorn soul Why do you cry so forgetfully forlorn Dawn comes Dusk comes Then they disappear beyond the domes of silver, copper, gold Life’s a mystery Death is life’s due A drop of dew refracts the soft subtle sun’s hue Stars in the space sparkle like the sharp edges of the steep mounts …
Illness of my mind
Sometimes I wonder what the illness of my mind is. Maybe it’s paralysis from a heartbreak Or diabetes from too much love. Or maybe it’s crippled from birth Too little oxygen in its brain since it evolved? Or maybe it has cancerous cells spread all over it From the pollution of all other devilish minds …
Parallel 36*30`
Parallel 36*30′ north O north and south East and west Who’s free Who’s not free Freedom is thy inalienable inviolable right Then the white-men come with gunpowder, religion, and rite Rendering the whole land into a devastating pile Trading in fur and slave Growing tobacco Growing cotton Blocking rivers Killing buffaloes Hunting feathers Hoarding scrolls …
O LORD
O Lord why have you forsaken me tonight I feel estranged I do not feel right I’ve eyesight Yet I do not see thy holy sight The tide upon Ganges do not rise Nor fireflies flicker Or butterflies fly O Lord why have you forsaken me tonight I see the far away twinkling stars sparkling …
Ubiquitous Soul
O the father of my father O the mother of my birth My soul ubiquitous sold his soul A group of lonely lily bemoan below the melancholy moon While the still star-studded serene slumberous sky cast her celestial show outward toward the fold of the mortal ephemeral playful O my ubiquitous soul What sadness sadden …
Innocence of Sandy Hook Elementary school
Innocence Of Sandy Hook Elementary School Twenty sweet innocent flowers have been plucked away off my garden of rose today I look left and right to see all my flowers trampled and lifeless below a cold December day A melancholy somber sky stretched out above the grieving leaves of the old wise willow, mahogany, oak …
Bengal
BENGAL bengal; even the way grass moves here is different. it flows to a rhythm untouched by the fingertips of man. it dances symbiotic with the sound of its innate flow, distance and time ephemeralized to a single beat and then the dance begins again. Bengal; sway me in, a dry leaf; floating in your …
