It's a good thing that I can write,
Even better -
I am blind to seeing the ugly and hateful stuff.
Somebody loved me, loved my soul, and left me like she did not care more.
It's a good thing that I am partially blind,
I did not see her way out where she left me, where she abandoned me.
I only saw when and how she loved me.


After reading a lot of stories and poems and tons of words that I used to think are Love and Life --
And those words that I used to think are all about me, about us!;
Are not..
What I learned about seeing and un-seeing is -
The story we think is about us, the poetry we think we belong in it -
The life we are living --- The story we think about us; is actually not about us at all.


You talk about time- I think about time too
I see what you are trying to do with time.
You are tweaking the time, you think time is a unit of awaiting-
Some think Time is like sea waves that will bring pearls from the core of the sea-
I see time as it just doesn't mean anything-
I don't want to go past or future, I won't even go through the present-
I don't believe me, I don't believe time - I know the watch on your hand is making you fool.

I know what I want is larger than the universe,
I know what I want will never come true.
Because time will only fulfill my needs, not my desire.
I imagine time as my wife. I'm married with time as forever in good health and sickness.
I can't fight against her, I can declare war against her-
It's a good thing I'm a poet, and I don't have any wrath.


If poets had wrath --
My Wrath would have destroyed my poetry, it would have cursed your eyes to make you blind.
If I had wrath, it would have already collapsed the earth.
It's a good thing that poets don't have any wrath.
When poets get hurt, they create a universe, they don't seek to punish the evils.
It's a good thing that I am a poet and I don't have wrath-
If I had Wrath, my curse would have already vacuumed and sucked all the air of your city.
You might have to force yourself to come to me just to breathe...
It's a good thing that I'm a poet and I don't have any wrath. ..


ফুটনোটঃ বাংলা ব্লগে ইংরেজি কবিতা দেয়া ঠিক হবে কি হবে না সে ভাবনা তে একদম যাইনি - গেলে হয়ত দিতাম না। আগেও আমি সামু ব্লগে কিছু কিছু ইংরেজি কবিতা লিখেছিলাম। আমি ছাড়া আরও বেশ এক দু'জন কবি এই দুঃসাহস করেছেন আগেও। তারা প্রত্যেকেই বেশ উঁচু মানের কবি।

যাইহোক, ইংরেজি কবিতা কেন লিখি কিংবা এইটা ইংরেজিতে না হয়ে বাংলায় হলে ভালো হত - এটা আমিও বুঝি। কিন্তু কিছু কিছু ভাবনা বা শব্দ ভাবাই হয় অন্য ভাষায় নিজ ভাষায় হয়ত ঐ ভাবনাগুলো এখনো অতটা জমে ওঠে নি তাই দেখা যায় কবিরা অনেক সময় নিজ ভাষা ছাড়াও নানা বিদেশি ভাষায় কবিতা লিখে থাকেন অথবা একটা গোটা মাতৃভাষার কবিতার মধ্যে দু'একটা উর্দু অথবা ফারসি শব্দ ঢুকিয়ে দিচ্ছেন।

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