Separation

Sushant Thapa

Way long separation
Hits hard like
The pouring rain today.
With spears in my heart
I bleed and hide in my art.
I find recluse.
Is it good?
Is it bad?
The weather
Has a tough mood
It cannot break down
Although it leaves me
In corner shades.
You are a phantom soul
Of absence. 
You are alive
In the summer mirage.
On the road
The sun burns.
My every scintillating errors
Become true.
Sucking the hollowness
The dead waits to revive memories
Which they wish not to kill.
To be a day when the night sleeps
No dreams wait.
Rising is an aftermath
Of the night.
The absence only
Makes the darkness visible.

[Sushant Thapa is a Nepalese poet from Biratnagar, Nepal who holds a Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published three books of poetry namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Authorspress, New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (Impspired, UK, 2021) and Minutes of Merit (Haoajan, Kolkata, 2021). Sushant has been published in places like The Gorkha Times, The Kathmandu Post, The Poet Magazine, The Piker Press, Trouvaille Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Impspired, Harbinger Asylum, New York Parrot, Pratik Magazine, The Beatnik Cowboy, The Dope Fiend Daily, Atunis Poetry, EKL Review, The Kolkata Arts, Dissident Voice, Journal of Expressive Writing, As It Ought To Be Magazine and International Times among many. He has also been anthologized in national and International anthologies. His poem is also included in the Paragon English book for Grade 6 students in Nepal. He teaches Business English to Bachelor’s level students of BBA and BIT at Nepal Business College, Biratnagar, Nepal. Recently Sushant recited his poem “The Poetic Burden” in Kalinga Literary Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal. Sushant was recently awarded with Indology Best Poet Award 2022 from West Bengal, India for his debut poetry book “The Poetic Burden and Other Poems.” ]