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Aroma


 Flora Sarker      We went to the library
                   University library
 Professor  of  Economics.  Besides   I picked him
 professorship  an  actress,  poetess  and   from his department
 writer.
                   We walked half a mile together
 I feel very lucky to be a daughter of an   without any words,
 actor.  My  father  (Late  Obaidul  Haque   it was a fine red evening
 Sarker)  was  a  renowned  actor  in   the leaves were shivering
 Bangladesh.  He  was  enclosed  in  stage,
                   by the gentle breeze
 television  and  radio  plays  along  with   birds were engaged to their nests
 movies. Besides all these, he served as a   few serious students
 Govt.  Officer  under  the  Ministry  of
                   inside the library,
 Information in Bangladesh. For a strong
 support of art and culture through family   he took the assigned book,
 I am one of that lucky one who could serve   to look over it,
 as an actress, poetess and writer. Along   I got closer to him
 with all these genre hope will be able to   suddenly a pleasing fragrance
 serve in these fields in future also.  softly... silently...
                   but silently touched me
                   enchanted me
                   moved me
 Lover             which was unknown on our way,
                   back home alone
                   with the magic book
 At first
                   that perceived me
 he was standing in a bus stand
                   how to be aromatic,
 sometimes passing the road
                   perfumed, flavored.
 like a journey to the unknown
 or coming down in a escalator
                   @Flora Sarker
 like a slow moving flying bird
 walking on a quiet and soundless road
 with every step of his walk
 it sounds like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
 Once, in the middle of a full moon night,  "My deeds
 when the city went to deep sleep  make me
 saw him in the light of the full moon  more lovable"
 a lover – in a state of apathy
 to whom I searched, I urged,    ...Author
 in every corner of my life
 a lover – in a state of apathy.


 @Flora Sarker


 10 | Dr. K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi                                                                                                        GEMS - II | 11
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