Two Poems by Mir Samsul Haque

GRIEF

While listening to scalding heart

It's hard to remain deadpan 

Better crawl inside and cry 

For an incredible life 

I'm grateful to you

You trained me how to tame tears 

As they are to be glistened

When there's gore in galore

Listen !!

I can't smile as reality hits 

I'm gonna sink in the sea of strife 

Let another deluge of tears 

Overwhelm me

You can't feel truly 

The intensity of grief 

You gifted me.

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Hope 

Chaos reigns supreme

Yet, I've a dogged determination

I've to keep going

As swiftly as possible...

I never allow my soul

To suffer in silence

Since it gives me 

A narrative of my own...

Some hopes fading fast

I'm stripped by false promises

Being gripped in panic 

Of this paradoxical planet ...

I'm not dead. I'll grow wise

In such misfortunes of life...

Let me cherish some nostalgia

Maybe you feel it's a paranoia 

I've a sea in my eyes

My heart, an ocean 

Brimming with emotions

My mind, a landscape

Dotted with steaks of ecstasy

I'm hanging on to hope

Yup ! I can helm my world well.

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© Mir Samsul Haque

Kendrapara, Odisha, India 

Mir Samsul Haque hails from Odisha, India. He is a trilingual poet and very  passionate about  writing poetry in English, Odia and Urdu. His poems have been appeared in different national and international anthologies. At present he's a jury in two poetry groups. He's an avid reader. He loves reading and writing poems of different genres.