Climate Crisis in My (Un)known Dream

(1)

 

A giant human shadow on earth

Engulfs the ocean and cloud

Remains arid now heavy hearted

Angel there praying for light.

 

Mother sitting in the sun.

In the kitchen she cooks something

She stands still, tap is on

Basin is clogged, water soon

Floods our planet.

 

Star dust around her face,

My son playing in the backyard

Fears the shadow, I say

It is your granny, look.

 

Mother comes down now sits

In the air right beside my boy.

In the kitchen she moves and

Cries, no sound, I see her chop

A big onion, and no one is there

Outside my son and mother.

 

 

(2)

 

A coffin

We were only two

The main door was closed.

 

Indoor that goes to other room

Stood alone,

No path, before us, a wall

We saw everything through.

 

The earth was shaking now from inside

Soon maybe, soon wave would explode,

 

The disaster, the homeless people

Wandering under the sky

 

The earth looked dull,

The climate was so indomitable.

 

Someone said, stay, you are safe there.

Author: Lovely Raju

Lovely Raju is originally from Bangladesh. He holds a BS in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Rajshahi. Seeking to nurture his poetic talents further, he pursued an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame. Raju has worked as an assistant editor at Action Books, an international press for poetry and translations. His interests include ecopoetry, social justice poetry, and dream poetry. His debut full-length poetry book, HOPE, is out now from the Finishing Line Press. His second full-length poetry collection, Inside Violence Violence Inside, is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press. You can find him on Instagram @poetry_poem_cares

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