So many pains are hidden

Behind those eyes,

Nobody knows.

People misread them as glares

Eyes don’t mirror the soul

Rather it hides the soul’s empty holes.

Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein is from Dhaka Bangladesh. She is MA holder in English literature. She is the 2nd Poetry Winner of( KEL Korean Expatriate Literature) 2021. Her poems have appeared in several literary magazines. She occasionally writes fiction. She was the International Fellow of International Human Rights Art Festival. She is a guest contributor to the Indian social journalism platform Different Truths. She occasionally contributes to the Bangladeshi English print newspaper Our Time and The Good Morning. She is the Bangla translator of ITHACA Foundation,Spain ‘s initiative Point Edition and Poetry Without Borders.

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