Love or friendship-
Which is healthy for life?
Love- still don’t know what that is
Kiss or touch, sharing a bed
Hands in hands walking on the beach
Besides the blue ocean reciting a poem
Or singing a romantic song
Or reading the Keats or Byron
Don’t know what love is
Friendship- is it a pink wave of the mind?
Or the brown sky of the thinking?
Or the extravagance in time and money?
Or the unconditional sacrifice?
Nothing I know
Yet, I say- I love you
I’m your best friend
By the ink of flower
Sometimes I paint-
Poetry or love or friendship
But no artistry thus builds me
Handworks make me a laborer
Hand with mind work makes me a skilled worker
Hand with mind through the heart makes me an artist
But no peace is everlasting inside the canvas
Sometimes I sell everything
In the market of spirituality
Hand or mind or heart
Nothing is reliable in my knowing
Unknowingly I meditate
On the seed of love or friendship
But unknown seed sprouts nothing
©Mahtab Bangalee
February 02, 2025
Chattogram
Categories:
handworks, friendship, love,
Form: Free verse
I see God's handworks all around,
from my world to His I've found.
This land He's made for you and me,
through eyes of young and, his work we see.
We live in His world, beauty all around,
be it bright and shining, or dark and dull.
God is surely among us I know,
for no one can take that away from me.
For me and those that live beyond the seas,
our native tongue He understands us all.
He cares for us, it matters not,
He loves everyone including you and me.
Categories:
handworks, life, nature,
Form: Epic