Unknown children
Playing with a ball
Passed in an airport lobby,
Harmless contagious smile
Dawning like the waking sun
In their faces.
The lively spirit,
The vigor of soothing sun rays
Penetrating the thick window glasses.
An intimate friendship develops in those children
With exchanging jolly glances and eyes that meet,
A present so demanding of arresting
The moment;
Giving birth to endurable memories
For the days to come.
The hustle and bustle in the airport,
A confident fright before the sky of flight.
How joyful is the touch of the clouds?
The sky defeats its weakness
It grows more immeasurable
It has never lost its being.
I over-boil with words
Before my thoughts also take flight
And touch the measureless self
Of my inner within.
Before I seek,
I observe.
I am just scripting my sight.
Sushant Thapa
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 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.