Preservation
You say conservatism,
I am saying preservation -
What you see as retardant -
I see it as an active commandant-
Preserving my roots in the face of uprootedness!
Uproodetness- of my culture,
My language,
My lifestyle,
My beliefs,
My rituals,
My norms,
My perspectives,
The very own essence of me is uprooted-
With an axe called 'Neo-Imperialism' and 'Data-Colonialism',
I am not local but global,
So all the global affairs affect me,
I am not me but 'us'- the collective memory haunts me!
And, the 'Collective spirit' binds me!
If you infect me collectively -
Don't think I am alone,
I am whole in all,
I am all in one and one in all!
You can not uproot me- so easily!
You can not uproot my culture and the thought tree that has branches all over!
My roots are beneath - century old,
I am the mimic of the civilization,
Civilization flows within me-
You the oppressor,
The hunter-you can not uproot me nor my beliefs and visions!
I will preserve all what I own,
My preservation is the resilience I show toward the process of selective uprootedness and dramatic deviation that you throw upon us!
©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy
Time Frame: 11.19 AM, MIST, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka.
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