Again, as ever, in the desolate desert of mine, dry and quiet since the last rain that I falter to remember under a lost sky I start to rebuild. So tall my arches and towers rise to dizzying heights where the sun can glisten off every brick, so perfect I take a step …
Category: My Literary Column
Yellow
The world was yellow today. For a brief flicker between now and opportunity, it sparked in front of our eyes. We were there. As we drowned, as we let go, we saw the hopelessness of our lives, like a last feeble breath of wind that stirs the fallen leaves. It rained for long, I suppose. …
Remember
Suddenly I remember you, alive. You were right with me, in that dark, hazy garage. We were about to go out and you said you’d take me on your bike. I thought it would be silly, so I remember making an excuse. I said we’d walk. I think you saw through it then. The traffic …
Emptiness
Emptiness comes visiting every night. I have tried to think, to reason why What gap, perchance, escaped me, what sadness I forgot to fix. And as I stumble every night, without an answer for my friend I must lend him a bit more of my strength. My friend, for all my quiet nights, for …
অবিশ্লেষ্য
ভেবে দেখেছি অনেকটাই ফাঁপা হলেও হয়ত কোনও এক বিস্মৃত কালে যা আজ মনে হয় আদিমানবের দেওয়ালে প্রথম আঁচড় কাটার দিন কিছুটা সত্য বাঁচিয়ে রেখেছিলাম, কিছুটা সময় তোমার জন্য | আজ এই তাত্ক্ষণিক জীবনের যুগে হঠাত্ ভেবে ফেললে হয়ে যাই অপরাধী হয়ত কখনো ছিল না কিছু এই ঘৃণ্য পাতলা তামাটে চামড়ার তলায় ছিল কেবল ডারউইনের সেই যুগ-যুগান্তরের জড় তপস্যার বর বিস্ময়কর চলমান মানব …
One Life 