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Success, Counted Sweetest

I learned of success

by watching bird species fly

—retracing their flight

It’s just wow,

I don’t know how,

I have ended up winning in conclusion,

The prize in the poetry competition!

The feeling is just out of the world,

As if I were in a dream world!

I feel like being a Nobel Laureate at present,

I can’t express how glorifying to me it’s meant!

I thank the readers from the heart’s core,

Such deference lets me write more and more!

A few steps away I am!

From what we call ‘success’,

Or ‘glory’ is the one they prefer,

I would rather call it ‘happiness’!

Success is nothing but delight,

If you are happy, then you are successful,

If you are not, then you should strive to be so,

Like Zuckerberg presenting something wonderful!

The exterior and interior smiles are nearby,

Gloom and vulnerability would face one word ‘bye’!

আমি কোনও রাজনৈতিক দলের তকমা লাগাতে চাই না কখনই,

আমি কবি, আমি ইয়াগোর মত সুবিধাবাদী ও চাটুকার নই,

আমি তাদের মত নই যারা দিনরাত মাছির মত ঘুরঘুর করে,

কোনও নেতার ঘরের অন্দরে বাহিরে।

আমি লিখি কারণ লিখলে আমার ভালো লাগে,

হৃদয়ে অগ্নিগিরির মত আলোড়ন জাগে,

ফুল যেমন নিঃস্বার্থভাবে সুগন্ধি সৌন্দর্য ছড়ায়,

আমার বর্ণের মালাও তেমন জোনাকির মত আলো ছড়ায়।

আমি ধিক্কার দেই তাদের যারা মানুষ নামের কলঙ্ক,

আমি ধিক্কার দেই তাদের যারা লেখক নামের কলঙ্ক,

আমি ধিক্কার দেই যারা লেখে শুধুমাত্র একটি গোষ্ঠীর স্তুতি গেয়ে,

আমি ধিক্কার দেই তাদের যারা এসব জেনেও রয় হাবার মত চেয়ে!

আমার বর্ণমালাই কি আমার হয়ে প্রতিবাদ করে না?

আমার বর্ণমালাই কি সহস্র সুপ্ত হৃদয়কে আলোড়িত করে না?

আমার বর্ণমালাই আমার তরবারি, স্টেনগান, এবং বোমা,

আমার বর্ণমালাই টিরেসিয়াসের মত যায় বলে, নেই ক্ষমা, নেই ক্ষমা!

হ্যাঁ, যদি অন্যায় করো, নেই ক্ষমা,

হ্যাঁ, যদি অন্যের পথের কাঁটা হও, নেই ক্ষমা,

হ্যাঁ, যদি ঠগবাজের মত শর্টকাটে সফল হতে চাও, নেই ক্ষমা,

হ্যাঁ, যদি মানুষ হয়েও পশুর মত মন থাকে তোমার, নেই ক্ষমা।

Success is like a ripened fruit,

Patience is the root,

In both the cases,

Like henna comes later the colour of success.

Celestial indulgence success brings!

It provides the heart with the wings,

To take flight in rapture,

Until death comes over.

When the successful ones smile,

The inspired ones yearn for doing something worthwhile.

-       He is a lawyer, a father, a son, a golfer and triathlete. My father’s Ironman medals have become a symbol of him. They are placed in the center of our living ROOM in a special base he selected so everyone can see them as they enter our house. The medals he has earned come from different places; they have different background, different shapes and different stories of pride, effort, sacrifice, and over all success.  Everyday he wakes up at 5 am to train; he swims, runs, does extremely long rides in his bike. He has fallen down, cried, spent hours without sleep, lost weight, gained weight, traveled and competed for every single one of his medals. Knowing that only a few people have the same collection of medals he has makes him proud and pushes him to get more. He knows that he will never end up in first place but it is not about the place he ends up in, it is about the journey, the people, the family support, the cheers, the location, the team, the life style, the pride and the stories that he gets in the end. The medals are just the physical representation of the months of training for the competition. Although for many people this journey represents a total of 140.6 miles, divided in: 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles riding his bike and 26.2 miles running, for him it is a culmination of all his work throughout the months in one medal. For 14 hours he will be giving every single breath, gram of effort in his body and thought to achieve his goal. He has changed teams, coaches, bikes, uniforms, diets, tennis shoes but he’s stayed with the same mission of traveling around the world competing in as many places as he can and keep on getting life experiences. If his determination has showed me something is that if you want something and its important to you, you will sacrifice things to get that symbol of success that comes from reaching your goal; it might be a medal, a grade or a job. I know that is why the medals will continue to be shown with pride in my house, for symbolizing the effort and the struggle to get to your goal. In some years he will continue to tell the stories to anyone willing to listen and to anyone who appreciates what they symbolize.

I want to be,

Larger than life truly,

Like an epic hero,

Not like Nero.

I want to grow,

And to the world show,

That anything is possible,

With poise anyone can be unstoppable.

Only for a few years we tread,

Looking for success ahead,

Those who worship hard work,

Do leave the desired mark.

Won’t it be wonderful,

Living amid the hearts plentiful,

Even after our shadows cease to exist,

Fading away like the luminous mist?

Perhaps that star,

Is not that far,

Perhaps still far away,

That I want to seize one day!