Why This Pain? Md. Sayeeful Islam Razu Why this silence in the soul, Why this ache I can't control? Why does joy refuse to stay? And drift like dzing light away? Why this pain? Why, oh why? Dreams fall down like broken stars, Hopes fade behind emotion's bars. Evening whispers through my chest, A nameless grief that steals my rest. I do not know, I cannot say, What stirs this storm in such a way. Only sighs rise deep and slow, With questions trailing where I go. A wish awakes - to dive within, To shed this noise, this outer skin. To float through time's eternal stream, Beyond the edge of thought and dream. Why this pain, this silent cry? Why, oh why – must questions never die - Assistant Professor, Department of English Govt Edward College, Pabna