By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Things fall apart When you don't know the people Once you used to know. Things fall apart When you don't know the people Stabbing you behind your back Things fall apart When you don't know What's happening behind the scenes Against you Things fall apart When you can clearly notice … Continue reading Things Fall Apart
Five Micro Poems
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I. My tears evaporated Into the air. And follows you everywhere, As a Shadow companion. II. My wish is floating aimlessly, Like a kite, Without a destination, To be loved To be taken ground, On the the ground, But only to be lost In the limitless sky, Never to be … Continue reading Five Micro Poems
Fearless of Death
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I fear not Death. Death is the ultimate truth. Death is waiting. For the next life Where I will be judged. By the Almighty. Or there is no afterlife. But Death is the end. The curtains of the play called life Finally comes to close. Death is where are no … Continue reading Fearless of Death
Only But You
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein The colourful mind wants to give you. So much! How can I persuade you? In return, I don’t want anything! Your hesitant eyes, I don’t want to look at them. I hold the edge of the watch in your hands, Let me see your hands. But my luck holds the … Continue reading Only But You
A Bowl of Tum Yum Soup
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein While looking at her regular stray cat friends, Nivi felt so special today. All she can recall from her 14 years of life is a dispute between parents, her grandparent's targeted hostility, and being treated like a second class. No one has ever made her special. She never knew how … Continue reading A Bowl of Tum Yum Soup
A Dream Within a Dream
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Each pore of my skin longs for you. You look, gaze and stare. But still, there is silence. You walk by sometimes pretending to overlook me, Yet, you come to my desk with excuses. But again, you are too formal. You make me stay long hours for work. It is … Continue reading A Dream Within a Dream
When You Are Gone, You Are Not Gone
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Those who say about thee with words of despair, Merely weave walls of words- You are not insane, Oh my love, Talk to me for a while and bless my heart at times, With your pain. Sit with me, feel the gentle breeze, Can you listen to the sound of … Continue reading When You Are Gone, You Are Not Gone
You Belong to Me
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I have just written your name in my luminous moon like heart With the colour of vermilion red. That you belong to me. Let the world know that you are mine. I see you while my eyes closed in the darkness. As if you come from heavenly world, A … Continue reading You Belong to Me
My Tears, Dreams and Songs
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Your dream resides in my tears. Your dream lives silently, Softly in solitude. Do you know that? My tears mirror you. And I only see you in my tears As a reflection. How can I feel you? Silently, he lives in my fathomless heart, As a song and sings. … Continue reading My Tears, Dreams and Songs
Ask Me Not Why I Love You
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I love you more than Myself, And I shall remain to love you like this, If you ask me, why I love you, I shall tell you, there is no reason for falling in love. Love happens spontaneously, Without reasons and thoughts. In my life you are the one, To … Continue reading Ask Me Not Why I Love You
