Maria Hossain
Maria Hossain is a writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her fiction pieces have appeared in Translunar Traveler's Lounge, Polymorphic Magazine vol. 2, and Sincerely, Departed anthology.
His Lunette and Her Lacuna
Every full moon
The glass ballroom appears under the lake
His lunette can breathe underwater
Her lacuna is resurrected
They meet in his crypt.
Every full moon
His piano plays mellow sonatas
They dance away the night
They recount to each other
Her life above and his world beyond
They kiss
His fingers fractured from her craft
Her voice muted by his requital.
Every full moon
They reminisce about the night they met
She, a violinist on a platform,
Serenaded her audience,
A little moon under the real moon.
Months later...
He debuted with her music
Pensive, plaintive
His star was born
Hers stillborn.
Every full moon
They recall that moonless night
Their last encounter
She smiles when she remembers his rooms
Flecked with spurned notes
He brewed her the tea
That silenced her voice, her allegations
He practiced on his piano
Until she dropped its lid on him.
Every full moon
They recall their countless trysts
They courted for months
Until she broke her lacuna's heart
Created an empty space in her own
She regrets when she chose
Someone else as her intended.
Every full moon
She learns he stole her music
To requite for his unrequited love
He regrets when he chose
His stardom over his lunette.
This full moon
She laments over...
Time lost
Choices made
Hearts jilted
He howls
When his glass mausoleum shatters
And his lunette drowns.
This full moon
She enters his world
He swims to hers
They reunite when the moon sleeps and
The sun puts him out of his misery.
The next full moon
His lunette reunites with her lacuna.