Here comes November …

Two days left ~November will come again with same gloom and sweet feverish pain. Here comes November~here comes memories ~here you come back again. Here comes November at the door and it knocks. Can you hear the knocking of the November? I can feel it and I can hear it because November revives you in [...]

A Grain

You are so tiny little thing So strong to you hold our life in you You grow yourself up into many like you We fill us with you every time We chew you, swallow your presence We then release you as a dirt Yet you continue to grow yourself for “US” Eternally as you grow [...]

The Spider

Jealous, I am With you Spider, For being mightier than me To create beautiful silky world. You have been gifted With the spinnerets, Poor Me — I lack them. I envy your artistic-ness By which you draw your silky world, With the fizz of your invisible tongue, How strong the silk threads are, I imagine! [...]

Balloons and Dreams

Published in “The Kathmandu Post” on OCT 02 – Ama did daddy beat you again,” asks my ten year old son. I have no answer. I keep quiet. He asks again, “Ama did daddy came home drinking?” I say, “I am preparing your omelet honey.” My tears come faster than his. I hide them, but [...]