Be the healing mantras for the creation,

I know how expensive humanity has become.

Sushant Thapa, a poet from Biratnagar, Nepal, shares his poem

Sushant Thapa, a poet from Biratnagar, Nepal, has written 7 books of English poems and one book of flash fiction and short stories. He teaches English language and literature to university level students in Biratnagar, Nepal. He holds an M.A. in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is widely published in schoolbook, print and online magazines.

Expensive Humanity

I look at the troubles of the world

I seek a healing air.

I am a cart of agony

Going to places.

Keep a flower

At my bosom

And kiss my wounded heart.

I think humanity

Was holy in itself

For better reasons.

I carry the weight

Of the aging world.

It is in my nature

To inquire about the nature

Of the battlefield,

I cannot win humanity

In its own conquest.

Be the healing mantras

For the creation,

I know how

Expensive humanity

Has become.

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