Two Poems by Shakil Kalam

Comfort is better than happiness  

The phone in your hand is guaranteed
But your life has no assurance.
You have accumulated such pain in cloud's mind equal to the pain of mountain, 
You have to remove it, you have to melt it.
I can write for you, one world-poem. 

In what type of boat you have floated your love?     
In your twinkling starry sky courtyard! 
"Shapla Fota Kajal Dighi's" black water?
The mystery of the secret cottage of thy mind, 
Me have to seek out it;  
Must understand, what is it?
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On the way to the future with time

The sky where the sun rises, the sun sets
A new sun rises, dispelling the light darkness of dawn
New ideas emerge in human consciousness
Draws a vision of the future in the depths of the heart
Countless doors are opened for future decision-making
At the end of darkness comes the direction of light
A star twenty million light-years away was caught by the scientist's giant telescope 
The space was decorated by the moon's light; 
What a wonderful light!
In the light of the full moon; the fireflies don't burn in this city.
Suddenly the crow-clouds of the eastern corner thicken in the northern sky, 
In the universe of heart and soul.
I am swing in the sway of faith and disbelief;
A whirlwind, a tide rushes at the border of thought, 
To snatch my hope from my life.  
What is the wonderful truth of life? Death! to survive!
Life moves forward in the future at its own pace, 
Some great feats, some sweet memories and the dry existence of natural beauty are left behind.
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- Shakil Kalam
Bangladesh