In your absence I am nostalgic,
In your presence I am everlasting,
At the same time.
Sushant Thapa
Sushant Thapa, a poet based in Biratnagar, Nepal, has ten books of English poems and two 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.
Everlasting and Nostalgic
I look at you.
My colors of happiness
Find a picture.
I feel deep
Like the well
Filled like every watery memory
Easily washed away.
I am not objectifying
When you come to be
Subject of my poems.
Getting a free prism view
Where colors strike
My life glows
When you are freely
The alphabets of my poem.
You in my poem
Denotes your absence
And your presence too.
In your absence I am nostalgic,
In your presence I am everlasting,
At the same time.
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Taking Up all the Chances
Taking up
All the chances,
I arise.
I look at the weather,
Face the tsunami of emotions.
I keep the purse empty
To fill with gifted success.
Glowing success on my face
Looks like someone’s dream.
I have been myself
The whole time.
I cannot lie to my heart.
Cannot commit to what
I cannot fix my heart in,
It might be a weakness.
I take lessons from grief,
It has to pour itself
In the rain,
Well, looking at the weather
Is my reflection,
Of what I could not be.
I pause,
Everyone needs to make a move
They should,
My move is to pause
But only in reflection
And not in time.
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Read: Stealing Fragrance – Poetry from Nepal
