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When I started to forget my memories

Tahsina Inam Trisha

As I keep forgetting all the memoriesThe memories of my past days, my childhoodThe memories of my teenage years,my early adulthood.All those good memories with laughterAll those broken memories soaked in tearsThe memories recalling my love and pain,I keep forgetting them all!My melancholic dream, the reminiscingAs if, all has come to a standstill.I look for ...

The sky and the rain

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As August has arrived with monsoon I stretched my hands out to reach the drops of rain, The downpour, the drizzle The cure to my ailing heart.As I feel the dripping on my handsThe drops of rain seeping into my skin Suddenly, a burning sensation arisesin my blood, through my veins. Flabbergasted, I look at my hands. Where are the rain droplets? My ...

Confession to Myself

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I look for my lost soul in a cityA city full of crowd and chaosI look for the cure for the heartThe heart filled with guilt and pathos.I cannot breathe the way I used toIs the air getting heavier somehow?I am all choked up, out of conscious wordsMy little world is breaking apart now.I can ...

The Storm Inside

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It was raining cats and dogs when Raima came down to the street from the tenth floor of Khaza Trade Centre, where she used to work. There was a sign of terrible anxiety and sadness in her eyes. Her boss, Mr Alam fired her just a few minutes ago from her job stating that she ...

When I started to forget my memories

Tahsina Inam Trisha

As I keep forgetting all the memoriesThe memories of my past days, my childhoodThe memories of my teenage, my early adulthood. All those good memories with laughter All those broken memories soaked into the tearThe memories recalling my love and pain, I keep forgetting them all! My melancholic dream, my reminiscingAs if, all has come ...

Just before the storm

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Laila is waiting at the counter for the bus. Finally, she has mastered the courage to go on a solo trip. No, she is not going to any fancy place. She is not going for a vacation on the beach or in a tea garden. She is about to ride on the bus to a ...

The Burden

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As I wander around the city all aloneThe highways, the book stores The pathways, the front doorsAll the roads known to meAll the roads unknown,I wander around the city all alone.No freight to carry overNo load on my shoulderStill, I feel heavy all the time. As if there is a burden undermine. Something so heavyI ...

The dying bougainvillea vine

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The bougainvillaea vine is drying upThe lilac bracts are turning brown,The tiny, waxy flowers in the middleNowadays, they are hard to see.The leaves are losing their greenness too.I wonder what has happened to the vine!How the lilacs have gone away with time!Little did I notice the vine was dying slowly over there!Little did I notice ...

Blue Muffler

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It was a cold day in mid-December when Rimi met Nehal for the first time. She was walking towards her home after buying a newspaper from the railway station. Well, the railway station is not a place to buy a newspaper. But the particular one Rimi was looking for, was not available in the local ...

A home for us

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And then I woke upWoke up from the nightmareThe nightmare that took my breath awayBreathe away, breathe in!Breath in the air,The air that is so pure.So pure, just like your heart!Your heart that is made of loveOf Love, that makes the world a homeA home for us,For all the loving souls!And then I woke upWoke ...