Right in the Middle

By Sadia Ahmed

Hi, this is Sadia Ahmed. I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I studied Microbiology at the University of Dhaka and later Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech, USA. Currently I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Same as many of you, I am trying to figure out the previous half of my life and have no clue what the other half holds, hence the name of the book, “Right in the middle”. I live in a land of science, where arts and poetry flow like rivers; they nourish me. My poems are influenced by family and friends, work, books, movies, places, people, nature… every little moment that I dream. I love expressing myself and listening to others. I hope you will enjoy my stories and tell me yours!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798369419137

Book preview

Lost and Found

When we lose love—

Or love loses us—

Tears our hearts as wastepaper

And flies away afar

We lose what we love, first thing.

Who danced to every song lies down for days

Who wrote countless words hates the shape of vowels

Who photographed moments turns the eyes away, to void.

Maybe, just maybe,

What we love was the culprit, the antithesis of love.

Maybe, just maybe,

If we lose what we love … the love will come back. To us?

No. It doesn’t, never did.

Inch by inch, nonchalant, we start feeling again

A twitch, a tingle, a hymn.

What we love runs in the veins

What we love bridges the nerves

What we love lights up the road and brings us home.

Our hearts never heal, really, stay scarred

Only what we love pumps little oxygen

And keeps us alive.

Aggie Ice Cream

I’m trying to write something, almost a month

A story, a poem, an