As I fall down in your heart's ocean,
as I go deeper,
I realize there is a little chance to get up.
There is hardly any intention to stop going down.
...
I fell down, deep inside, at the core of your heart,
I can hear the heart-beatings,
Sense the emotions and touch the unsaid words hidden in.
Having known your secrets—the unshared memories,
...
The Moon is not sleeping,
So do I.
Pains are peeping into my heart,
As the Moon is rotating with lights around the Earth.
...
When dark night shadowed by stormy clouds,
Can the moon penetrate its rays to the world?
When your soul veiled and hidden underneath vanity,
Can my soul touch your soul's fragrance?
...
It was a serene night of November
Night starts darkening the globe solemnly
A soul then came to being, I was born.
...
There is a mystery
even questioning is a crime,
‘profane', ‘scandalous'
I wanted to question the mystery,
...
© Abu Sufian
I saw a cigarette's butt-end on top of a green leaf,
How nature and destruction mingle,
...
Cancer can take away fleshes
And bones and mortal life.
It can never win over the hearts,
And love that resides in it.
...
Be it frosty winter,
Be it the hottest summer—burning,
Be the darkest place—the coldest ocean's floor,
Be it the windy desert—lifeless,
...
You are great! Greater than Great Britain!
You colonized lands after lands
You migrated to foreign lands
Without visas, without permission.
...
There are many who left footprints
in my heart.
Not many survived, some faded away,
some will remain forever.
...
Before even I came into being,
From heaven, a Divine writ
Destined me in time.
I couldn't escape
...
From the remotest place,
Far far from the madding crowd;
A heart cries out loud, silently.
The heart’s cry penetrates the sky,
...
The world is corrupted,
Stained in every nook and cranny
Things Fall Apart and razed.
People are Waiting for Godot,
...
She turned grenades into flowers
Hatred into love
Aggression into compassion
Ugliness into beauty of flowers.
...
Abu Sufian – who is also known as The Silent Poet – is a poet and writer. His poems have been published in literary journals including Scarlet Leaf Review, Criterion, Literary Voyage, The Literary Herald, Tuck Magazine and Clairvoyance. Sufian also contributed in four international poetry anthologies: Voice of Monarch Butterflies (2016) , Apple Fruits of an Old Oak (2016) , Where Are You From? (2017) , Dandelion in a Vase of Roses (2017) and Persian Sugar in English Tea, Vol. III (2018) . He can be reached via: Facebook Poetry Page: facebook.com/Sufian.Author/ Twitter: twitter.com/AuthorSufian)
Against My Will
As I fall down in your heart's ocean,
as I go deeper,
I realize there is a little chance to get up.
There is hardly any intention to stop going down.
I fell in the deepest,
and now you're pulling me up,
Against my will.
Note: The poem got published in the anthology 'Apple Fruits of an Old Oak' (2016) from USA.
Different taste! Beautiful imagery! Excellent word choices!
WOW! I think Abu Sufian is a modern day sufi. His poems are veiled with mystery and spirituality.
I really love to read his poem. His poem 'Without a Heart' is a short poem but touched my heart.
Bangladeshi writer’s poem published in International Poetry Anthology Bangladeshi young writer Abu Sufian’s poems got published in an international anthology titled Dandelion in a Vase of Roses released from USA. The anthology features the poems of 98 poets from 37 countries across the world with divergent cultural, religious and national backgrounds. Sufian has placed his position strongly in the contemporary English poetry written by diasporic writers of Bangladeshi origin.
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If you think killing people is a solution to a problem, I not only disagree with you but also I hate your perspective.
Our generation delimited the definition & horizon of Love in a box that mainly refers to love between a boy & a girl. Love has a broader & profound meaning beyond this box. Surely, the highest state of love is Love of God, a love between creations & the Creator.
Though we love to think that we are civilized & developed than that of people lived centuries ago. In reality, the world is still run through the principle of 'Might is right'. Whoever - government or individual - has more power & money is dominating and, in many cases, oppressing people who are financially & politically weaker.
All my life I didn't emphasise on money. Like many of us, I used to say 'Money is nothing/not everything'. In reality, to be honest, it is the single thing that most people on earth run after & live for. Perhaps, it won't be wrong to say 'Money plays a bigger role' & it shouldn't be looked down upon. #Money
No matter how perfect & honest a person is, there will always be people to criticize. In other words, if everyone agrees with someone, there is something fundamentally wrong with what that individual is doing. If you are not criticized, you are not in the right track.
When there is a fight of reason versus emotion and the mind wonders which one to follow, in most times, emotion wins over reason. But it is reason that should win and emotion shouldn't.
At times it does not really matter what language you are speaking, especially when you are emotional and try to reach other hearts. To transcend emotion, silence is the best language.
I know I'm not perfect & will never become. Yet, I'm proud of being Me, with all humility & imperfections. Cause this is the only life I have...
Whenever I get close to a Sea, I realize how insignificant, unimportant & small I am compared to the vast ocean & its mysterious wilderness.
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Those want to see God in order to believe Him are a kind of stupid. Have you ever seen yourself without the help of a mirror? If not, how dare you wish to see the existence that created you & everything on the universe?
Your look and dress don't really matter to God. What He sees is the heart. So concentrate on your heart over anything & everything else.
Those who are ready to be with you in difficult times deserve to be with you in your good times.
We are living in an age where actors, models, sportsperson & singers are celebrities & are far more famous than scientists, writers, philosophers & poets. This can be called as 'an age of stupidity'. Alas!
Because I'm a boy, it doesn't mean that I don't cry. At times, I do cry- a lot. I have a Heart & it can be hurt too.
I believe we will not be responsible for other people's sins. So we should concentrate on us & correct ourselves, rather than criticizing other people's actions. Let God judge.
Because life is too short, we can't afford to hate anyone. Hatred only fuels anger that harms our heart at the core & health at its worst. If you decide to unlove or dislike someone, go ahead. Don't hate.
Life does not stop for anyone, but it is heart that stops for someone we care & love.
If you find pleasure in laughing at & backbiting someone in his/her absence, be sure of that you will be laughed at and backbitten in your absence.
As humans we must change ourselves in everyday, months & years we live through. A living thing always evolves & changes over time. If we don't change, it means we are dead objects, not animated beings.
In every chaos, there is some sort of hidden order. At times, humans are unable to unleash the order & organization in a seemingly disordered & disorganized thing. That secret order in every chaos is retrieved from God.
For the world & people live around you, your exam result doesn't really matter. What matters is what you do for the world & how you behave with people.
The door of Happiness opens up from the moment you start off loving Sadness.
What a fascinating read! Heart warming poems