Because I have Engraved You
Because I have engraved you
Within the deepest chamber of my heart,
I keep walking this long and winding road—
From morning until evening,
From evening into the depths of night,
And then to morning once more.
Yet my journey never seems to end.
Because I have rooted you
Into the innermost depths of my soul,
Each afternoon you arrive with a flower in your hand.
Upon the sun leaning over the bridge,
Gentle waves of light flow through my heart
Like the murmuring currents of the river.
.
As the sun descends beyond the horizon,
My hand resting in yours,
Like birds returning home at dusk,
My spirit stirs within its nest,
Bright with laughter and life.
Because I have found you
Within this chamber of my heart,
Perhaps the stars of the sky illuminate
My once-dark shelter.
A deer’s playful restlessness,
A world filled with simple grace,
A lamp of love glowing within the eyes—
As though it longs to tell
A secret beyond words.
Within the flowers, within the birds,
Deep in the heart’s silent depths,
Light blossoms in stillness.
The echoes of laughter and tears
Rise and mingle endlessly
With the stars across the heavens.
It is because I have found you
That our world is filled with joy, wonder, and enchantment.
Every narrow path, every alley, every hidden lane
Spreads its wings across the boundless sky.
And so we continue to drift,
And so we continue to soar,
While our light of hope
Lives on—
Eternal and bright.
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
08 May 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.