WORDPLAY: I

I do not love you with a promise
Nor with a lover’s words to a beloved;
I love you with a silent tounge
And a world open to wonder-
Traversing eons on rift of sunken ships
and skies torn asunder,
Stepping on wishing wells of shimmering hope
and through lives sewn together.

I love you not as a lover to woe
But as a renaissance of imagination
of conversations and silence,
of lonely nights and empty words
Eternally bound together.   

Adnan M. S. Fakir teaches Economics at BRAC University. Outside he directs a documentary film series called “Finding Bangladesh,” writes, takes photos, does social activism and travels a lot. He can be reached at adnanfakir@gmail.com.