
I Walk, I Sing Poetry
Mesfakus Salahin
Bangladesh
The ocean whispers to me –
I must go to her
She is mine
I will surrender my helplessness to her
I will seek my selfhood in the vastness
I will compose the poetry of life in the salt water.
The mountain calls me, with a sigh
Undoutly, I will go to it
His sorrow is my sorrow
I will lose myself in its depths
I will pour water on its bloody heart
I will deposit my melted love there.
The tree calls me in illusion-
I will go to it
I will hide afternoon in the illusion of its shadow
I will play until the sun sets
The ignorant mind will be greener
The moment of poetry will relax in the leaves of the branches.
The sky calls me with a wink
I will go to it
I will hide my tears in the raft of clouds
I will decorate causal story with rainbow
The river of desire will hang on the stairs of heaven
The stories will be the dawn of poetry.
People call me to make fun of me-
I will not go near them
All the lanterns are in the shell of people
I will not bind dreams in a new net every day
People who eat mind run away
I walk, I sing poetry.
If you call me
I will become you
The ocean will be your saree
The mountain will be your home
The tree will be your time
The sky will be your vacation
You will be the fountain of my poetry
And I wii be a holiday in the lap of poetry.