High Priestess

You are an embarrassment to me that I want to hide.

You are an annoyance to me that I don’t want to embrace!

You were a ‘Headache’ that I wanted to get rid of.

You were a monotony that I wanted to cut down.

You were a pain in the **, I just wanted to shake you off.

You were a laughing stock, whom I took lightly, for all it was a trapping situation.

You thought you could compel me!!?

Do whatever you want to do with me?!

See me acing now.

I am a rider and an escalator, and you are the stairs.

Lower your expectations now.

High hopes are long gone.

You should have kept your gaze down.

You thought I was a victory.

But, to you, I am a drought.

See me now, how I take revenge.

You were in my plot.

See me, how I move on.

How in the blink of an eye can I forget you.

Replace you with my higher unity.

The girl who was locked up is obsessed with freedom now.

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy

Circa: 2023, Rokeya Hall, DU

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