Children

Since, I don’t have a child,

I need to rectify myself in ways that earlier I couldn’t,

I need to heal the inner child before I could bring forth another in this realm,

Because, It’s always the ones who do mistakes- brings upon lessons for their child to learn in this world ; Captivated with generations of burdens-

For the child to face!

Since, I am childless,

I need to become the purified version of an image that I would want to see in my children.

Because, It’s always the longings and hopes of parents as projections on their child-

That they couldn’t become-

They impose on them!

I don’t want to alter anyone,

Or, desire-

Instead, I want to become!

In the process of ‘becoming’ that I would love to see in another!

©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy

Time Frame: 3.50 pm, Mirpur Cantonment.

Incapable

Now you know, The permanent damage that you’ve done. They call it survival, But, I named it silence. A disease

Numbness Towards The Collective

The sadness in my eyes has numbed the empathy towards the pain of the collective. I no longer read the

Contempt for the Culture that Shaped You

In knowing you, little by little, I cannot deny, That the flaw was not in your nature but in the

Asymmetrical relationship with the cockroach

The cockroach did not know that evolution never taught humans to befriend it, And, It didn’t learn to hide. It

Blue Whale

There was an ocean within me once, It was deep,blue,wide. In that deep blue ocean- Tides shone so bright, Faith

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?!

Farheen Akter Bhuian