lifesaver
I find a home
in the sadness
of your eyes,
a nest in your
unkempt hair;
I find a home
in the middle
of brutal wars,
a house in the rubble
of an earthquake;
a river flows through
the restlessness of
your skin, I draw
a dream tree, hanging
juicy fruits, of past
bitterness,
I imagine
falling asleep;
inside my heart
there's an unoccupied
garden, green, serene,
pristine, built
with warm words
easy to love
difficult to hate
we're brainy people
so
peace, a cheap cattle
war, a white elephant
we're exorbitant
so
innocence has no
thrill,
crime needs intelligence
we're educated, sapient
so
difficult to own up
easy to blame
we take it easy
so
challenging to share
facile to snatch
we take it easy
so
difficult to act
effortless to say
we're a tad lazy
so
global warming
since time immemorial we've exploited
the forgiving flora and fauna,
overworked the benevolent stars,
milked the cattle;
we've colonised the
world and its cousin,
never emulated them,
nor understood their warmth,
with this baggage
we're trying to crack
global warming
a blue horror
little wonder that
we're all over the place
in the world of
lovelessness,
all forms of art
become a
stillborn pain,
they're born
nevertheless
as strangers
to rage war against
destruction
আমি চুপকথা শিখছি
বেশ লাগছে
এই রূপকথার দেশে
কোন বিচার নেই বৈষম্য নেই
আছে একরাশ উষ্ণ অনুভূতি
নেই কোন রীতিনীতি
আছে সবুজ শৈশব-এর অবুঝ
সরল শিক্ষার আহুতি
আছে নিরন্তর ক্রন্দন-এর জল-এ
ধুয়ে যাওয়া কথার বিষ
এক অব্যক্ত অমৃত-এর হদিস
এ এক অনুপম নেশা
তুলতুল-এ ভালবাসার মেঘে
ভাসা, কথা হীন ভাষা-র
সাম্রাজ্যে যাওয়া আসা
With tears
I wash my eyes
yet I cannot see
you,
I can feel you're
here, can sense
your footsteps
but cannot hear you.
The marginal gap,
lightyears away.
যখন তুমি থাক
আমার সাথে, কথা
বল, হাস খেলো, তখন
তোমায় চিনতে পারি
আমার মতন করে।
