RM Dangol
Every step
While taking a move
We becoming aggressive as much as we think
And the attack occurs continuously;
We save ourselves as far as possible
There is no limit to attack
And no rules for counter-attack
Every step
Whoever we meet
We tell the stories of the past
And next meeting is awaited
Before hardly reading the other
Accidents occur, midway of revenge
Nope, no one is safe from anyone
Every step
Whomsoever
Climbs the ladder of conspiracy and climbs down
Pain or humiliation
Hate or disregard
Continuously climbing up and down their house ladder
Ladder is but a wall
When it breaks/ is broken
Neither does one win the game nor loses it.
[RM Dangol, a Nepali poet and editor, holds an MPhil in Nepali literature. A lecturer at the Central Department of Nepali (TU), he is the founder President of Shrasta Chaitra – 30, an Executive member of Federal Nepal Literary Journalists (FNLJ), General Secretary of Progressive Writers Association Nepal, and President of Trishuli Vangmaya Pratisthan. He has authored two anthologies of poetry: Rashiphal Heriraheko Manchhe (1999) and Dashgajawari (2006) and two collaborative poem collections Chaudha Barshapachhi (2014) and Yatai Katai (2020). He also edits Shabda Samyojan, a monthly literary magazine, Nava Kabita, a literary magazine, and Vangmaya, a literary/research Journal (TU) among others.]