A Lifetime

Sushant Thapa
 
No one really wins a war
When the destruction has already been called.
A battlefield is a damage unrecovered.
No flowers can be seen blooming in the land
Where brothers fight over the throne or power.
Searching for a perfect heir to rule
Is undignified freedom.
Rulers do not need inheritance;
They are the leaders of novelty.
Any human who accomplishes something personally,
Is part of universality.
There is no dream unfulfilled because
I can dream your dream and
You can dream mine.
There are no plans not succeeding;
Your achievements are also mine.
Mine is also yours.
When you read these words,
A part of you I take.
I am from the mountain land
I know the value of a firm ground.
I need the values to look at my snow-capped monument
And Smile for a lifetime.

Sushant Thapa is a Nepalese poet who holds a Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published two books of poetry entitled “Abstraction and Other Poems” and “The Poetic Burden and Other Poems” from England and New Delhi. Sushant lives in Biratnagar, Nepal. His third book of poems is forthcoming from Kolkata, India.