Akasher Gaye

 Ei..ekdin ekta kono rooftop-e nie jabe?

Akasher ektu kache jabo...dirghonishhashe megh shore jabe. 

Tumi esho kichukhon; ami shunbo tomar nistobdho abdar.

Ichhe Shopno (Day Dream)

Ichhe kore shopne jokhon ichhe puron hoy,

Shopno tokhon ichhe kore

Jokhon tokhon dekhte hoy.

Ichhe hole ichhe gulo shopne mure nao

Kimba tader shopnoshondhani, 

Ichhedana dao

Rong meshao ichhe moto, shopnalu shob shades

Fuschia, Mauve r tuter majhe, ektu dio Beige...

Dekhbe kokhon ranga ichhe shotti hoe geche

Ichhe-shopner pare darie tomay kache dakche! 

Imprints

We keep memories in a photograph

That keeps moments from running away,

A pause button for life’s stories

Time's forever frozen hideaway.

Of imagined adventures and voyages

In the backyards of the rainbow arc

Where dusty trails settle down

And imprints of remembrances embark.

Conspiracy of Silence

What started with talks of genocide
And Rizpah's lost child
Went on to contouring the outside lines of you
And conversations with you in her mind.

Missing you is the easy part.
Thinking you up all day is restlessness personified.
Because she is strong, not invincible.
She wants her errs to be rectified.

Talk to her & tell her what's shifted
What's with all this silence?
As if being pulled in by a river current
Sucked into a seedy turbulence

You're a sunset of the deepest reds, vibrant yellows
And the most comforting blues
You've touched her with ur blackest eyes and murky pastel hues.
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So now...
She's written your name so deep in her book of sands,
When waters flow through the pages, dark seas are born!!
Curb the storm that you've stirred in the waves and tell her once more..
'Wake up, sunshine... I'm here..and it's a new morn!'

অভিষিক্ত

মাইল মাইল অভিমান
জমছে মনের ভাড়ার ঘরে,
কাহন কাহন মনকেমনের
দূর দীঘির দোরগোড়াতে।

যখন তোমার চোখের বাক্সে
খিল লেগেছে ঘুমে,
তখন পিসছে পাঁজর আমার
অপেক্ষার শীলে।

"Hey you, love?"
কখন বলে উঠবে গলার স্বর?
হবে সকাল, ভর সন্ধায়,
শান্ত হবে ঝড়।

Escapades

No, you can't delete me!
You can try, but you can't.
It'll only leave you into someone
Who you, kind of aren't.

You can erase me with all your might
But there is the risk of the 'tear'
You can try cutting me out
You may prick yourself, that is the fear.

Or you could try drowning me in alcohol
Yeah...that could do the trick!
Or you could light up a tiny flame
And burn the edges with a stick.

Even if it fades,
I'm sure to leave a mark
Even if not a scar,
It'll show up somewhat stark.

You couldn't delete me, could you?
Keep trying, as the nursery rhyme goes.
Then when you finally get it, wear it with pride
What you yourself chose to expose!!

Forbidden

At 4:25 am...when I'm vulnerable n starting to show
Touch me with your eyes
But don't let me know!
Feel my pulses tight
With a never-ending stare,
And tell me where you'd caress
If you could only dare!
Simmer my senses
With a glimpse of the now-
Hurt me with your lashes
So I can't escape anyhow.
Watch out for the thorns
Let them pierce and burn
I'm ready for a slice
Lemme know when it's your turn.