Power of Subalterns

The power you get by exploitation and accumulation,

I give you my all!

The power you get, you get it by controlling me.

my actions,

So, be grateful!

The power you have, you owe me for all of it!

The post, the position,

The honor, you get it through me.

For my submission!

For my desublimation!

The strength you get is from my weaknesses and loss of self-consciousness!

The power you get by holding me in peonage!

So, be grateful!

I make you for what you are, for where you stand now!

Bow to me!

I am the creator!

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy

Circa: 2022, Rokeya Hall, DU

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

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