Dear you, I miss you. As if someone has ripped my heart out when I miss you. The sharp pain that I feel in my chest is unbearable. My body wants to curl up in pain. My hands tremble and I barely can say a word. That’s what happens when I miss you. Missing you […]

Do all languages have thank you? I wonder. Do they always say it in the same way? My curious mind wants to know. In Bangla, we don’t have it. We have a translation for thank you/আপনাকে/তোমাকে/ তোকে ধন্যবাদ or thanks/ধন্যবাদ. Using the Bangla translation of thank you is uncommon in spoken Bangla language. It can […]

let’s live a few more days. can you do it for me? if you live until next spring, I promise I’ll put a smile on you   how do you live your life?   I walk beside them and ask because I forgot that I’ve a life and it can be lived   why is […]

You erased me as if I never happened but I refuse to be denied I stand I rise I’ll never let you forget I exist

I found love under the lamppost It was sitting there alone As if to be found by one Who needs it

“What does make you happy?” In our scheduled conversation You challenge My days are short My hours are long I drag my- broken body wounded mind into unknown place To get lost In hope It will lift the burden that carries my soul You whispered- “Can you just try to do everything you can do […]

Sometimes I feel like I’m an unwelcome guest The other evening I was invited to a supper that I avoided for a long time I was hesitant to accept the invitation because I felt I was unwanted The whole evening I felt I was taking too much space and time of my hosts I rushed […]