Your Mirage; my shelter

I used to look up at the starry sky

Tried many times to count up those luminous balls.

I imagined, you were waiting for the luster; that I was waiting for!

I often got mesmerized by the crystal blue light they emit.

I tried hard to penetrate into their profoundness;

Even without my phony gray eyes!

Suddenly, I saw a shooting star!

I got scared, whether it was the sign from Him—trying to apprise of my destination.

And, I returned to my own mythical orbit, 

The moment I was watching the night sky, you were enjoying the bright sunny day!

I realized, I could never be there with you!

You know it's really hard to reach you!

Even if I could get a shelter under your invincible shadow,

Enough to warm me up when I am frosty inside!

I have no regret of being absorbed myself just in the resemblance of you.

Because, I know I am cultivating something in me that will last forever!

The writer is a student of BRAC University.