Crossings

As the crow flies, Dhaka isn’t far -

in fact just the other day, some of us

had got together, an evening of raucous

laughter and drinks later, hatched an idea

for a sunset safari at Cox’s Bazaar.

You can cross the borders now by train and bus,

but there are others near impossible to cross.

As the crow flies, Dhaka isn’t too far.

Nowhere is. And nowhere is far enough.











Both my parents were born in Dhaka in pre-Partition India. I have friends who live and work there, I have friends who were born there, I have family members who visit there often - this one has struck very close indeed.