Narcolepsy days

For poet Abul Hasan

Neither the pen nor the camera has changed 
The pen contains the memories 
The camera portrays the difference 
You can't take photos of all the memories 
So, the photos don't tell you everything 
Playing with the light will leave you 
With silent magical hours 
The eyes change 
So do the lips 
I don't know where you belong 
In the pen or in the camera 
In these narcolepsy days 

Mostaque Ahmed, who is a physician but now works for Save the Children, recently earned fame for his docu-fiction, Jhinuk Nirobe Soho, based on the life of poet Abul Hasan.

Quamrul Hassan is an author, poet and an MFA Candidate of Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas.