I taste the hunger,
It is sweeter
Than the edibles.
Sushant Thapa is a poet from Nepal
Sushant Thapa, a poet based in Biratnagar, Nepal, has nine books of English poems and one short story collection to his credit. His poems are published at Sindh Courier, Trouvaille Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Corporeal Lit Mag, etc. He is a lecturer of English in Biratnagar, Nepal.
Entanglement
EntanglementI look at the cobweb.
It has its approach.
I figure out the riddle
And become a part of it.
The riddle never knew me.
I taste the hunger,
It is sweeter
Than the edibles.
The low art hangs high
On my wall.
This mass culture
Has no time
To look at me.
I father simplicity
And teach it
How to appreciate
The morning
Before it becomes
The darkest night.
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Holding
I descend from the castle,
I wake up for the stars,
An embrace,
A shiny agony.
Making up for passion,
I play with forgiveness
To be myself in the mirror,
Before it shatters
Like the crack in the pot.
Distances measure my truth,
It is immensely missed
Like a lunatic lover
Waking up in a wintry survival.
Take away the perfection,
Life can be simply true.
Meet me where my arms
Don’t hold a lie in you.
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