My Poetry

Written by Shahed Kayes

My Time

Sometimes I just wonder where I stand!

Once I wanted to be a voice of the voiceless
Now I am silenced by the louder voices
in the labyrinth of the so-called globalization

It is a time when our ideologies divide us
our beliefs build barriers…
I can feel my own emotions consume me

Sometimes I take a journey inwards
and just wonder whether I can rewrite my story!

Realization

It was raining for the past few days
I woke up early in the morning
a thought stuck in my mind
I am part of this huge universe
an individual part of the collective
breathing life into this planet
darkness and light existing within me
I looked deep inside me, inwards
feeling something change
becoming aware of every moment
I see my journey unfolding into a life!

 

All of us are born unique

Sometimes I make mistakes
I have faults and failures
I always try to accept that

The stream of pride and pain
flows deep inside me
which I use to turn my energies
into pride and passion!

My feelings are intimately connected
to the deepest part of my being
which is poetic and inspiring!

My uniqueness at birth
is the marker of necessary diversity.

 

The Author
Shahed Kayes is a poet and human rights activist from Bangladesh. He has published three volumes of poetry in Bengali and edited an anthology of Bengali love poems. He has also produced one book in English entitled Laureates of Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Award: Who Really They Are? At present, he is pursuing an MA in human rights at Chonnam National University in Gwangju.