Asia’s Death

Darkness with the ghosts haunts my room

The place is not allowed to stay any more

The sleeping peel can’t give me sleep in bed

That peel has snatched away Asia’s life

.

Asia, a girl of eight

In her deep sleep was raped and tortured

By her sister’s father in law with the help of family members

Struggling with life for eight days in the hospital

She expired today.

Now the time is spring and the sacred month of Ramadan

When nature spreads its glow by its own

The glory we enjoy in every step

The new leaves are coming out at the place of old falling down

On the roads and fields.

Inspite of all those beautiful sights

I see nothing in this dark world I live

Asias are dying in bed without any claim

In subconscious mind I feel sorry to think

The victims die before the death of the rapist

Like the tigers in the forest they roam about

After eating the flesh of a doe.

In this dark room I switch on the light

But darkness never removes

Something hounds me in my surroundings

That always sag my heart deep into fear.

I ask my country, how are you, dear Bangladesh?

Are the conductors okay to help drive the bus well?

 Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

13  March, 2025.

Md. Mahbubul Alam is from Bangladesh. His writer name is Mahbub John in Bangladesh. He is a Senior Teacher (English) of Harimohan Government High School, Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh. Chapainawabganj is a district town of Bangladesh. He is an MA in English Literature from Rajshahi College under National University. He has published three books of poems in Bangla. He writes mainly poems but other branches of literature such as prose, article, essay etc. also have been published in national and local newspapers, magazines, little magazines. He has achieved three times the Best Teacher Certificate and Crest in National Education Week in the District Wise Competition in Chapainawabganj District. He has gained many literary awards from home and abroad. His English writings have been published in Synchronized Chaos for seven years.