Bhuwan Thapaliya
1. A Bride
Let the sun set on me.
Let its crimson sweat
of ferocity
spill all over me.
My heart is ready
for the chill
of the darkness.
I put my
best shirt on
and wait for
a bride of the light.
***
2. Seed
God gave
us a mind
but not
thoughts.
Life is our
opportunity
to cultivate
thoughts.
Yet, in the
field of thoughts
mind is only
a ploughman;
the seed
is the heart.
***
3. Time Heals Nothing
Time heals nothing.
It just formats our brain
and makes it empty again
deleting the history files
stored in the memories
of this disc called mind.
***
4. Ignorance
We preach, we scream,
we discuss, and we think,
we know the world very well.
But the world says nothing;
it just slants its head
with a goofy smile
and unfolds our ignorance.
***
5. Emancipation
I know
I am emancipated;
I’m beginning to
see the world
much purer
than the world
sees me.
***
[Bhuwan Thapaliya is a poet writing in English from Kathmandu, Nepal. He works as an economist and is the author of four poetry collections. His poems and articles have been widely published in journals and periodicals all over the world. Thapaliya has read his poetry and attended seminars in venues around the world, including South Korea, India, the United States, Thailand, Cambodia, and Nepal.]