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Addiction 


An evocative poem about the many meanings of life, layered and enigmatic, by Kamrun, exclusively for Different Truths.

Morning shines every day
But so many days had gone 
I had never seen that.

The inner crying sound 
I can listen every day 
I can visualise so many things 
But still, my sleep is so dark
After taking the sedatives 
Try to forget everything 
The clumsy, cliche world
the monotonous hectic life
which now can't touch me at all.

So never be a dreamer…
only a dreamer can say that to you
Because he or she knows the reality 
The real story behind it 
which is so dark, 
so depressive, so frustrated.
So please no one desires to be a part of it.
If you know the reality is!
Then most of you don’t take 
a single step ahead.

End of the day 
In his or her bags may have 
So many achievements,
recognition, even fame.

But at the end of the day 
it seems to him or her 
that everything is just 
a piece of paper, nothing else.

With time he or she can realise 
People need someone 
whom he or she can talk with
can pass his or her unusual time
He or She really doesn't need 
a box of recognition.
He or she needs unconditional love. 

But it becomes so late
And everything has gone just out of control 
The addiction of recognition is far more addictive than drugs.
And only the addicted people 
can realise that.
And no one can save them 
because they don’t get peace 
anywhere else...

where there is no knowledge 
or at least the practice of knowledge
or the way of learning new things.
They don’t get any interest in that. 
They always find something new
Something different, 
Something charming in life.
And that is the tendency of a dreamer.

So be an ordinary person 
Live ordinary life
That's the blessing of god
At least averages 
can enjoy their life in their own way.

So, at the end of the day 
They are extraordinary. 
Because they know,
how to accept the normal life; 
The desirable ordinary life.

They never claim themselves 
for being ordinary, extraordinary, or average. 
They don’t have any headaches on that 
They just live their life wholeheartedly 
and that's the real taste of life.  

They don’t have 
any desire to be a dreamer. 

So they never run to achieve that. 
So they narrow their goal 
and after reaching their goal 
they can take a breath of peace. 

But sometimes destiny breaks 
all kinds of rules.
So if you are a believer.
Try to believe
Fate is a concrete thing that exists. 

You may change it 
through your will-force or activities 
But it exists and as a theist 
no one can deny it.

Your activities can reach you 
to your own destination.
Do you wish it or not
It doesn’t matter!
Because your previous activities 
already had played a good role there.
 
And there is no chance 
to change those things. 
So, it is quite tough to change. 
So, accept it and be a part of it 
And live life happily ever after.


Picture design by Anumita Roy, Different Truths

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Kamrun Nahar
Kamrun Nahar writes poems, blogs, features and short stories. Her writings have been published in web pages, daily newspapers and magazines in Bangladesh and India. She also publishes in the pseudonym of "Sofed Bihongo" (সফেদবিহঙ্গ). Her Haiku and Haibun were published under UTB journal, Cold moon journal, Failed Haiku journal, Quills journal & FemkuMag. Her poems were published in international anthologies, ‘Pandemic Poetry 2020’ and ‘Paradise on Earth’.

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