Poetry from Mahbub

Poet Mahbub, a South Asian man with dark hair and glasses and a suit and tie
Poet Mahbub
War and Love

The world is exposed to this hammering 
And moulding the golden or silver necklace
How beautiful and brightening!
Everyday every moment the fighting people bleeding and dying
How pathetic the role played!  
Although we perform our duty from both sides
No caricature, no specialty before-after
So touching the heart of others
How loving the scenery of land and waters
On the other hand the little bird flapping its wings 
Gasping for a little chance to live 
In the world it's very hard nut to crack
The destination of peace and love.

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
28/05//2022

Water Crisis

Bangladesh is a land of rivers
But they are crying for water
If you cross them in summer or winter
Its only knee touching once twenty years ago
It was full to the brim
I live in subconscious
I die unconscious
Dryness covers up my area
Dams, dams and dams that tears the heart 
The world is open for all
But some are victimized by the barriers in waters and land
Can you imagine the problem in the subcontinent?
I live in subconscious
I die unconscious
At times when water flooded us to the place 
Can you imagine?
  
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
28/05//2022

The World Attacked By

The world is attacked one by one
One by one -Corona Pandemic, Russia - Ukraine fight
Israel - Palestine fight, China - India Fight
Fight against hunger and plight from country to country
We, the commoners try to get free from the clutch of the spoiled brains 
Control the markets for high rise price of the necessary commodities
Standing before the shop look so high around the sky
Eyes turn so big and red bright!
And all seem to be dark at the time of paying the bill
Fight within me on the land, in the ocean, hills and the place
Where the children are learning their lessons at the institutes
Only fight and death - death and fight.

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
28/05//2022

Immunity

All fades away! Hi immunity
Lost your power of moving in body
Just like the shooting star in the sky
Twinkling once goes out of sight
But we do have belief
We must stand side by side so close
Its patience that permits us to exist here from time immemorial
Day by day our immunity dims away adding the earth 
One day I must see you with our loving desire
I must run from one to the other-the loving bird
How maddening the love between!
O love, my dear love!
Immunity must be regained one day in us. 

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
30/05//2022


Risk

While swimming on the pond at my high school life in seven or eight grade
I take risk of him for holding me on the back
Spread my hands on water
But within a minute or two I get tired
Finding no way I wanted to escape
The more I want to escape the more he wants to hold me so tight 
At last I stared my journey again on water 
Crossing the middle part of the pond
At reaching point to the other side two or three yards left
Losing all my strength, we began to take water
Just at the moment a black boy standing on the bank jumped on 
Robust and strong enough to support us from going under water
We revived, but the moment still I remember at times to take my shelter in love.
   
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
30/05//2022