Truth

Devi Prasad Thapa ‘Mama’

I am not truth
Nor are you;
One who can lift
The book of life from inside water and read it
Is the truth!

[Devi Prasad Thapa ‘Mama’ is an Indian poet and storywriter from the state of Manipur. Besides six books of micro-story, he has also authored two anthologies of poems: Koubruko Kakhbata in Nepali, and Iche Sharmila in Manipur. He is a schoolteacher by profession.]