You say conservatism, 

I am saying preservation –

What you see as retardant –

I see it as an active commandant-

Preserving my roots in the face of uprootedness!

Uproodetness- of my culture, 

My language, 

My lifestyle, 

My beliefs, 

My rituals, 

My norms, 

My perspectives, 

The very own essence of me is uprooted-

With an axe called ‘Neo-Imperialism’ and ‘Data-Colonialism’, 

I am not local but global, 

So all the global affairs affect me, 

I am not me but ‘us’- the collective memory haunts me! 

And, the ‘Collective spirit’ binds me!

If you infect me collectively –

Don’t think I am alone, 

I am whole in all, 

I am all in one and one in all! 

You can not uproot me- so easily! 

You can not uproot my culture and the thought tree that has branches all over! 

My roots are beneath – century old, 

I am the mimic of the civilization, 

Civilization flows within me-

You the oppressor, 

The hunter-you can not uproot me nor my beliefs and visions! 

I will preserve all what I own, 

My preservation is the resilience I show toward the process of selective uprootedness and dramatic deviation that you throw upon us! 

©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy 

Time Frame: 11.19 AM, MIST, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka.