A group of fireflies



A group of fireflies,
With longing for life, very quiet
Spread the light in the darkness of the bamboo garden and say,
We wanted to enlighten the whole world like this-

A group of fireflies,
Illuminated,
The house where the unlucky mother turned off the lamp, without any compensation
Till the sky becomes rubicund, by the dawn-

A group of fireflies,
Forgetting arrogance, gathered under the bench of Dukhai's kitchen
Gathered, and brightened with the light,
Until the fire in the oven is re-ignited.

A group of fireflies,
When the gaps in the Mahogany tree vanishes, tell the full-grown moon to fall into the bushes of Phenymansa,
Said, No problem, you get some rest,
We are here to enlighten the earth.

A group of fireflies,
Woke up on the very first morning of the Ekushey,
Shine by exposing the foot of the Martyr Monument,
And they said, sleep in peace,
We are your eternal guardians.

A group of fireflies,
Stay billions of light years away
Accompanying the stars,
Glow all night long
And, became a witness of the eternity.

About this poem

Dukhai is a name of an unknown peasant; Ekushey is the 21st February, it is the martyr’s day in Bangladesh and observed as the International Language Day; This poem is dedicated to those 3 millions martyrs during the independent war of the Bangladesh.

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Submitted by hakikur on July 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axbx Axcx Acxx Aaxx Axxxx Abxxx
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,033
Words 202
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5

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