Worker Writes

SINGAPORE — On Sunday, the first ever Migrant Workers Poetry Competition wrapped up at the National Library .
 SHADES OF LIGHT AND DARK

Maybe I feel something.
A soft heart or a gentle breeze, a sensation
Maybe a night of wakefulness
Shades of light and dark floating in the moonlight

Maybe I am waiting for someone, and someone for me.
Maybe one evening, a garden of clouds would desire me,
only me. In a warm magpie forest,
constellations whisper.

Maybe I am losing myself in a dream
Maybe a generous shade lulls me to sleep in broad daylight
And the vortex of sand and water pulls me in.

Maybe I am waiting at the gates of a kingdom.
Perhaps a bird, a strand of grass hides in my world
The breeze from the sails of the horizon
raising the rhythm through the calm nocturnal sea.

Maybe I will see a kite looking for its string
A paused rain drop, a search
waiting in front of me
Magic has spread a mountain of illusions
calling us by waving discarded feathers

Maybe I will step into the rumblings of a forest
A leaf, a summer, surrounded by the golden sun
on a field full of harvest
A lonely elusive call losing faith and closing its fists.

Maybe I am waiting for a moment
An impression, a smell or an empty house
A feeling of silent tiredness
Walking down the path of prose that excites my soul.

(Rajeeb Shil Jibon)

I chose this poem as my favorite because ''  a garden of clouds would desire me, only me. In a warm magpie forest,constellations whisper.'' caught my attention because i like to imagine  a warm quiet place in a forest and little rays of sunlight filter though the branches of trees from the canopy .

I also like this stanza ''Maybe I will step into the rumblings of a forest

A leaf, a summer, surrounded by the golden sun
on a field full of harvest '' it is similar to the previous one where i said about the warm quiet place but this time the golden sun kissing lightly on  my cheeks and forehead in a  field full of harvest  . It makes you feel like in a dream like state where nothing else matters . The sweet serenity engulfs the entire place making you feel safe and sound . No worries . No Problems .