They say, “You are poor”
I say, “I’m poor“
They say, “The scarcity prevails in your house and body”
They say, “You are sick man and patient of abnormality”
They say, “You are dead”
I say, “Yes, I’m dead”
Scarcity in my house and body
Because I have no poetry
I’m sick and patient of abnormality
Because prescription of a true poet is free
I’m dead, a living corpse
Because without poetic wisdom life is anarchy
©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
31/10/2022
I can't breathe
Though I don't wear a tight mask
I can't breathe
Though I am not the patient of asthma
I can't breathe
Though I don't live in an unhygienic gas farm
I can't breathe
Though I am not in the full of terrible CFC layer
I can't breathe
Though I am not confined in the bottom of the dark grave
I can't breathe
Yes, I can't breathe
Because in this world
Human still bringing up the racism in the safety womb of the heart
Human tolerates still discrimination by the religions
Human loves the inhumane aristocracy, the snobbery in the deaths of poor
Yes, I can't breathe
Here, on this earth, still human prefers to the colors of the body skin
Human is still not taught by the conscience of universal humanity
15.07.2020 Chattogram
P-atient
O-f
S-ickness
I-s
T-ruly
I-n
V-irus
E-nvironment
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Beyond breaths that leave the being breathless,
such a wait is becoming unbearable,
the flight of fingertips
fumble before they feel
Shall I cease the excitement
When I was invited,
in magical moments so real?
To begin again -
being patient, of that I am truly able
while the view leaves the being speechless,
I am breathless
as you Unbutton,
new possibilities
____________________
Something playful
~ Open to new moments ~
2 years...8 months...and 8 days
I’ve been in the emotional intensive care unit
A patient of your infatuation
Because of the venomous parallel
We have been in together
You have been unable to distinguish
That this shake has been unhealthy for me
Because it has all been to your advantage
In my unconscious mind
I began to ponder...
What could you ever offer me?
Only a migraine headache
And a cubic zirconia diamond ring
That only emphasizes
Your self-loathing and pity
You are toxic to me
So please proceed....
And set me free...
If the sky took time to form would be like a storm with out the forecast could one forecast the weather,
moons that look like ovals with no meaning of bright lights and no shoes to hold us steady,
like a pay grade trying to do a 360 with no head lips to catch the shadow to skime the city lights,
can one catch the assumption blue moon blue moon one has rising,
up all night or late for the sun to rise obeying once hungry trying to pass through the,
glimpse of rain puddles to hold on to lost change how things is getting cold for world to afford a good home,
does patient run thin,
can one catch the assumption blue moon blue moon one has rising,
can one put there self in the foot of single parent how few pennies could mean lunch or my child lunch,
Is one to young to put off the patient of having such thing or have reality sunk in like a bowling ball with no lane,
to clear the split how similarities of a storm and a game can some time twist a lane,
man of a man son of a son how some time just words can come through the darkest of days,
once more I say,
If the sky took time to form would be like a storm with out the forcast could one forecast the weather.
will tell you,,why I dont sleep
but this will only make me weep
the sunken pride of my eyes
all the dreams that I visualize,,
in my naked heart !
the engine over here doesnt start !
i creep and crawl in the staircase
and think of my pure golden days
i am a patient of this incurable disease
sucking my blood like a deadly leech
with this heavy and powerful Tryptomer 25gm
I am still awake till 5.00 am !
No longer do I pray for the sunlight !
i love to walk in the moonlight !………..
NO DOCTOR OF THE WORLD
CAN TREAT A PATIENT OF BROKEN HEART
AS THERE IS NO MEDICINE
A PATIENT OF MENTAL ASYLUM
THINKS HIMSELF SOUND SO HE IS THERE
ALL ARE UNSOUND WALKING OUTSIDE
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