Relative Deprivations

I am unhappy because I’ve compared myself with a happier person than me today.

I will be happy tomorrow if I compare myself with less fortunate people,

Measuring my rate of success in parallel with their progress and gains.

Relativity in all forms causes agony today or later.

Instead, I should compare my state with my very own essence—what I shall be and what I ought to become!

But what if my potential was never meant to reach the destination?

What if the situation and context never changed?

I am the same from where I began?!

I understand now that we fight relatively now and then,

Only to change the circumstances that circumscribe our enormous dreams and potential.

Inner calling—whatever we call it,

We love what fulfills our desires.

Desires shape our actions, and so does the future!

People vary only in terms of desires to desire.

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy

July, 2023, Chittagong

Evolution

You were necessary for me to evolve, You showed me what I thought love was not love actually but compromise

No bond lasts long

Why don’t you believe in people anymore?! – Cause, I don’t want anyone to exploit my reason. How’s that like?!

Empty Shell

You were a beautiful chain whom I binded myself with, You were a self-built cage where I imprisoned myself, You

Audacity

Oh, the audacity of leaving the person you love! To walk away with steady feet, While their heart still trembles

Mountainous

You were a mountain, I was a shallow fountain laying low. I could sustain you if only I had the

Silent Love

Silently, I have loved you for decades, Silently, I have chanted your name for thousand times. I have scripted an

Farheen Akter Bhuian