The Ultimate

With borrowed wings you soar high in the sky, And wonder how far beneath does the world lie! On a pair of stilts you walk and catch the top of the beech, And feel so complacent, thinking everything is within reach. Hey, where will you escape, all around you is the surging sea, You've never had the respite to learn swimming, so where'll you now flee? Note: The original poem was written in Bangla by Dr. Humayun Kabir, USA English translation done by Khairul Ahsan, at Dhaka on 21 May 2014, with the poet's consent.