Labor of Muscle and Mind – A Poem from Nepal
Sushant Thapa, an eminent poet from Nepal, the Himalayan country, shares his fresh poem
Sushant Thapa
Hailing from Biratnagar, Nepal, Sushant Thapa holds a Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published three books of poetry namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (UK, 2021) and Minutes of Merit (Kolkata, 2021). He has been published in places like The Gorkha Times, The Kathmandu Post, and several international magazines. He has also been published in national and International anthologies. One of his poems is included in the Paragon English book for Grade 6 students in Nepal. He teaches Business English to Bachelor’s level students of BBA and BIT at Nepal Business College, Biratnagar, Nepal. Recently he recited his poem “The Poetic Burden” in Kalinga Literary Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was recently awarded with Indology Best Poet Award 2022 from West Bengal, India for his debut poetry book “The Poetic Burden and Other Poems.”
Labor of Muscle and Mind
In an utter silence
An idea creeps and
It becomes so loud
That even deaf ears
Of the one in its spell
Can hear it.
A formed conception is a mind,
It needs attention to inner growth.
Do you feel the soul’s meditation?
A flowering subjectivity
Knows how quiet its listener is
And it converses in liberation and
Becomes voices of many.
In the scorching sun
The breeze knows
Where the hot sweat burns without
Any judgments
And only labor speaks
About the unpainted dreams.
In your wheelbarrow
Have you carried the world?
That silently carries your ideal
Or just a new laboring hour?
A design is you
One more stone of thought that matches
Makes you fall in love
And blink an eye
For the world.
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