Come as Rain
Come as rain
upon the breast of the earth.
Let me be bathed
in the quiet grace of falling.
Pour without end
over mountains and rivers.
Flow through every winding turn of life.
Wave upon wave,
weaving melodies into living sound.
Part the darkness,
and unveil a newborn world of light.
Carry me across the waters
to that distant shore,
where endless fields of green
unfold like the wings of birds.
You are the emerald soul
of the ancient forest,
the crimson blaze
of the blooming royal Poinciana,
the painted wings
of a wandering butterfly.
You are the monsoon
that returns with unfailing grace—
the ceaseless rain,
the stream that revives the thirsty earth,
returns laughter to withered grass,
the living stream
that breathes life into every soul.
Come as rain
upon the breast of the earth.
Paint watercolor
upon forgotten paths.
Bloom each dawn
like a scarlet hibiscus.
With your gentle touch,
my heart grows restless,
awestruck,
and softly trembling.
Between sunlight and shadow,
even fallen leaves smile again.
And I—
I am one of those fallen leaves,
waiting for rain
to wrap me once more
in everlasting green.
Again and again
I watch light
slip through the mango leaves,
wondering
how it befriends the sun,
how together they scatter beauty
across the earth,
across my eyes,
across the quiet chambers of my heart.
Then clouds gather.
The sky grows still.
Rain begins.
And there you are—
standing quietly beside me.
I become the rain-soaked grass,
while you keep falling—
softly,
endlessly—
through the deepest landscapes
of my heart.
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
08 July 2026.
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.
Once when he was in grade ten in 1990, his Bangla letter was selected as the best one from Deutsche Welle, Germany Radio that broadcast Bangla news for the Banglalee people. And he was given 50 Dutch Mark as his award. They would ask letters from the listeners to the news in Bangla and select one letter for the best one in every month.
From 17 to 30 September, in 2018 he received a higher training in teaching English language in Kasetsart University of Thailand for secondary level students through a government order from education ministry.
On 06 November 2015 he achieved Amjad Ali Mondal Medal for his contribution in education field by a development organization in the conference and felicitation function for the honorable personalities at Rajshahi College Auditorium.
On 30 December 2017 from West Bengal in India he was declared a ‘Literary Charioteer’ in Bangobandhu Literary and World Bango Conference and they awarded him with a Gold Medal in their International Literary Conference and Prize Giving Ceremony.
In 2018, he achieved Prodipto Lirerary Award in Prodipto Literary Conference at Kesorhat, Rajshahi for poems in Bangla literature. He received honorary crest from the administration of Chapainawabganj District Literary Conference and Cultural Function in 2021 and 2022 consecutively.
His poems have been published in many international online magazines such as Juntos Por las L Raven Cage Zine, and Area Felix. His poems have been translated and published in Argentine and Serbian, and he participated in many international online cultural meetings.