I will burn my soul with
the auburn tint
of spring.
I will sing my body under
the weight of hibiscus rosa.
& I won’t wake up until
your romance sleeks
the texture of my oxytocin.
Palash Mahmud is a bilingual writer, book critic based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His poetry, literary reviews and criticisms appeared in Cordite Poetry Review, Active Muse, League of Poets, Superstition Review, The Punch Magazine, Kitaab, Ephemeral Elegies, The Bosphorus Review of Books, Poetry Potion Trouvaille Review, Poet’s Choice and forthcoming elsewhere.