With you on my mind
I had traveled the timeless streets of Kathmandu.*
Away from Kathmandu
The waterfall falling with
The alphabets of your name,
The hill that made my mind balanced
Like a surface of eternity.
I had seen a valley covered with
Dazzling lights from the hill,
The air that was too costly since then
Has no more been a cheap remedy.
The sea is my dream,
The rain has sunk me deep
Outside these borders if I travel
I would again raise your kingdom.
Yes, this is a hope with new petals
Maybe this time the color is miraculously new
Like a wet paint brush shining with novel shade of color.
I am a barrel of time,
I am a dead clock
That is felt correct twice a day only because
Heart was pure and it still is.
*Kathmandu is a capital city of Nepal.
Sushant Thapa
Illustration: Claire Palmer
Bio: 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 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). His poems have been published in Sindh Courier, The Kathmandu Post, Trouvaille Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Journal of Expressive Writing, Dissident Voice, Harbinger Asylum, As It Ought To Be Magazine, Litehouse, My Republica, New York Parrot, International Times, Literary Yard, The Beatnik Cowboy, Dumpster Fire Press, and Impsipred among many. He lives in Biratnagar, Nepal.