Sunday Poetry Special By Dr. Hasinus Sultan

Sunday Poetry Special By Dr. Hasinus Sultan

Because I love you

Because I love you

there still blooms a blood-red hibiscus in my heart

whacks of the axe chopping hearts of the young trees snatch sleep of my cosy furniture

odour of the uprooted wafts across my flower vases;

on the podium of freedom-craving exotic fish in the aquarium gulf between the exploiter and the exploited stirs a storm of protest.

Because I love you

the unclothed children of the naked city frolic in my hope's footpath;

they like stars shine in the reverie of my skyey love, their starry eyes twinkle through the thick clouds; free birds sing of the dreams of a million stars; starlit dreams celebrate the gleaming light.

Because I love you,

in my heart's pavilion there still is the carnival of motley clots melting into one sublime blood;

rhythms of the feet dancing together trample the archaic laws of hatred.

Oh love! Look! look at the flourish of trumpets unto the horizon! Listen! listen to the clarion call for equality and amity from the vast field rocked by the long-drawn war between luxury and labour!

You know my love the truth is lost as I am in all this perhaps I haven't told you as yet what in truth is the depth of love, and why, why I miss you so much even as I exist in your heart!

And yet in my heart of hearts I feel the flames of your love.