A Poet

Bijaya Dhakal

I am not a poet; I try to write what I feel!
Once,
I showed my creation to a poet.
He suggested me,
To put those words together in a different way.
I followed the poet to become a poet like him.
And I read the poem once again.
Then, I could not understand me,
What I initially felt and what I wrote.
Again,
I wrote another piece of word collection.
And I gave my father to check my creation.
He suggested me to write another way.
When I read my poem,
It became a poem that my father wrote.
I know,
I am not a poet, and I never studied language art.
But I wrote what I thought.
I cried; I felt that I cannot become a poet.

Again,
I wrote another piece of writing,
And I expressed what I felt.
This time, I gave my writer friend to check my work.
She judged me and started teaching me.
How to write a language.
Now,
I am not disappointed, and I do not cry.
I write what I think, neither my grammar is correct,
Nor my vocabulary is strong.
I am not a poet, but I write what I feel!
I do not have a specific language,
I express the language of the heart!!
But I am never a poet!

Bijaya Dhakal was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. Currently, she is residing in Alberta, Canada for more than 10 years, and serving as a healthcare professional with an academic degree of Masters in Organic Chemistry as well as additional education in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.]