Published in Daily Star, Bangladesh on April 11, 2020

Perhaps, the time has come to Love,
Love again
the Earth,
the water, the sand,
the little creatures
beyond the land.
Love the trees
Amaltaz heavy with bloom,
Gulmohar brightening the noon,
Angsanas spreading out to the skies.
The parakeets that noisily
fly in broods; the golden orioles,
the butterflies that flit,
the honeybirds that sing
The river that quietly flows
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