Kings wanted to hold him, as though he were the greatest gem
The magi, reading the times, went on their exploration
The star, Ray of the almighty, led them to Bethlehem
Truth formulation led them to Divine revelation
The manger could not hold the fire in its lap for long
To shepherd the scattered flock, he needs to rake up the staff
Though came from heaven, in worldly wisdom, he must grow strong
Scriptures and sciences he learned as per nature's graph
Earth to earth, water to water, air to air, the physique
From fire to fire and sky to sky, should become whole
Working to earn and earning to live are secrets unique
He followed human ways while living the God-given goal
The Heaven and the earth met under a single ceiling
Trinity dwelt in Jesus, Mary, and Joseph's being
From the true root to the point of zenith
Stand still as good to seize
Though zigzag more the roads are fit
It’s zero bridge
No thing as the zinc in life to make zest
The math of time calls all
Zip of breathless veins is not best
If gas in gall
No soul in the zither but tone to feel
Survives this air to air
Cradle to grave none can do zeal
Except zephyr
©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
15/01/2023
From air to air that's spread on
Touching dew wet leaves it flies
As if silk-cotton's kingdom
From the chimney's mouth
©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
07/11/2022
Let your lips meet gently,
the top one resting against the lower,
touching with tenderness
your own skin to skin.
Forefinger propped on chin,
I let the others dangle,
like leaves on a branch;
how softly gravity tugs them downwards.
Let heart beat quietly,slowly
as the blood circulates
carrying its music,
a river,
following the path of least resistance.
How the blood vessels receive willingly this flow,
touching it kindly as with tiny open fingers,
helping and being helped.
How the hair on the head
floats
on the breeze,
like tentacles of an octopus
waving goodbye.
Top eyelid loves the lower one;
as we blink they touch
like lovers kissing swiftly
behind a tree.
and how the light comes in
we see a world.
[mine may not be yours,]
but the blink of my eyelid
sends waves through the air,
so we’re all touching and being touched,
lips kissing each other,
kiss all living creatures.
skin to skin.
air to air.
And inside us,the rich darkness
of creative night
transforms,in turn,
these touches
into dreams.
Shall I compare thee to a rainy day?
Thou art more dreary and more malignant.
Rough winds do shake the thrashing waves of bays,
And Neptune’s lease hath all too long a date.
Always too damp the eye of heaven hides,
And often is thy grey complexion dimmed;
And every air to air sometime collides,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal downpour will not fade
Nor lose possession of that air thou blow'st;
Now shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in aging lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this takes life from thee.
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