Kamrun presents an evocative poetic journey on DifferentTruths.com, capturing urban isolation, quiet human resilience, and silent nature.
The stranger of the city is standing in
the attic and chatting with a raven.
As a philosopher, he is opening a diary of a dead world
that is almost merging into the abyss.
But life is going on...
Still, a few clothes are hanging on
the rope of the balcony.
which sway lightly in the winter breeze.
A vegetable vendor still shouts in his voice.
to attract customers' attention.
Some young boys were gossiping at the roadside.
Still, they pass comments, see a young girl,
and call her with a light whistle.
An older man who is sitting regularly in the
dilapidated dispensary in the
neighbourhood notices everything
but still pretends like he does not see anything.
A bougainvillaea wrapped in a pink saree
stands on the stairs as a witness to everything.
But still, it does not deny spreading
the ray of hope to the mind of a stranger.
Maybe not, because it is a tree.
If it were a human, it might not be able to.
Because a human can never
behave like a tree ever…
And that is why a human can
never touch the sky ever.
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Kamrun Nahar writes poems, blogs, features and short stories. Her writings have been published in web pages, daily newspapers and magazines in Bangladesh and India. She also publishes in the pseudonym of “Sofed Bihongo” (সফেদবিহঙ্গ). Her Haiku and Haibun were published under UTB journal, Cold moon journal, Failed Haiku journal, Quills journal & FemkuMag. Her poems were published in international anthologies, ‘Pandemic Poetry 2020’ and ‘Paradise on Earth’.
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