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 culture in making of you-

that shaped you, how you act, how you behave.

It couldn’t be unseen.

Only after all this accumulating time,

did I understand the depth of the cultural decay horrendously affecting you.

A spectacle so repellent,

So, unattractive that stirs only revulsion.

Problem upon problem,

One issue after another,

As if an endless trope of shortcomings- a legacy of neglect, a culture that repulses the beloved.

And, since you have come across my path,

Standing on the crossroads, I can feel a fierce disdain within me for you.

Contempt for the cultural atmosphere that made you a tyrant- a shallow scallop.

I strongly detest it with all my might,

I feel the abhorrence not only for you but the culture that shaped you.

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian

Timespan: 15th july, 2026, 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

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?!

Empty Shell

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

Farheen Akter Bhuian