(March 8, / House 11B, Road 28, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka -1209, Bangladesh(Now live in Dhaka permanently.))

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A Letter To My Darling

I know darling
You will be surprised
to see me
My face is full of beard
My hairs are falling
I have not seen me in mirror
for many years
these beards are years
When I touch my face
I understand I am growing old.

I know my darling
You are angry with me
You must have thought me
a coward, a liar and an escapist
Yes, you are right
I have escaped from you
Because, I loved
another woman
a mother
My motherland.

I could not tell you
on that night
they have arrested me
blind folded
Since then I am in jail
Its now 20 years.

My sin is I loved my country
more than you
I know darling
You will never forgive me.

Submitted: Sunday, August 24, 2008


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  • Ralph The Elf (7/5/2012 7:23:00 AM)

    you use all i know about poetry in this, and it sounds too good
    very poignant write

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  • Pradyumna Jyotir (2/13/2010 8:42:00 AM)

    I know my darling
    You are angry with me
    You must have thought me
    a coward, a liar and an escapist
    Yes, you are right
    I have escaped from you
    Because, I loved
    another woman
    a mother
    My motherland.

    Sir......your love for your country is so much evident in your poems.....and the way.......the mood of the poetry changes is fantastic......it starts with a plea to your beloved and suddenly it changes to the love for motherland......Brilliant.

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  • Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK (10/23/2009 10:05:00 AM)

    ‘I loved
    another woman
    a mother
    My motherland….’

    180 degree shift! Total poetic anticlimax!
    With a but… its love for country to sever love of fiancée is great
    Ten+ ++
    Ms. Nivedita

    Thanks for comments
    Cordially invite to read and comment on
    Enigmatic Navel
    Lie Sly or other poems.
    niv

    PS You’re winner and your fiancée will love you more for your idealism.

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  • Quin Faas (10/18/2009 11:42:00 AM)

    beautifully sad.......

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  • Rachel Ann love, love, love and life Butler (10/13/2009 2:22:00 PM)

    My sin is I loved my country


    Rachel Ann Butler

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  • Anjali Sinha (10/14/2008 12:21:00 PM)

    a nice one even though
    this is a monologue-a narration
    not a poetry

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  • Tanny Quin (9/11/2008 12:09:00 PM)

    This is very stirring, yes emotional and what a choice to make, love or country! !
    Excellent poem! Phebe

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  • Jay Mutinda (8/30/2008 12:46:00 PM)

    hey? i think that your poem is really cool and i may urge you to continue writing as many as you possibly can coz i love your poems.bye.

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  • Ashraful Musaddeq (8/26/2008 10:53:00 PM)

    I got ur emotion, level of feelings.

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