By Raghab Nepal
When you cover yourself under the veil
Hiding thoughts to your inner soul
And cry the pain which you conceal
Remember there lay this friend to hold.
I know your feelings and your pangs.
So to the thunders I pray for your name,
For your smile, I can renounce this world.
But remember, Raghab be my name.
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"City"
By Raghab Nepal
Piles of hoarding and neon signs
Lost me from myself beneath
The skyscrapers where
Crowds of men found a way of life,
And to my disgrace, I lost one.
None seemed to care
Even the arrival of dawn,
Since the difference in night and day
Were none and still like fools
All loved the joy of being artist
Of the unending drama.
Dollars and pounds, rupees and francs
Love lost existence in the far off ground
Which had sunk so deep that only few Fairy tales
Could name, and it �just seemed Interesting�
To hear the same.
Losing all hope in the polluted air,
I dreamt of beauty I could find in love
Till a sound of coins woke me up
Thrown at me by passer-by
Thinking me to be a beggar,
Calling it to be a token of love.
At last I realized love�s existence still remain
But the way of loving has met an unprecedented change.
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"Wider Than the Sea"
By Raghab Nepal
This poem is wholly dedicated to Pravina R.
Sea smiled a charm
And rushed to the shore
Where charm-filled lady
Danced to the tune of silent waves.
To my imagination, sea seemed
To loose its beauty when the sky faced
Lady thundered her smile.
Oh! God, why not all be the same
And why to all does this simplicity not be bestowed?
But wherever we go, we shall adore her charm
And pray god keep his good work alive.
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"Cigarette"
By Raghab Nepal
I burn your legs,
Bite your head
Suck your soul
And inhale straight.
I crush you beneath
My dirty feet,
Throw you lonely
To your merciless fate.
Been no friend, for so long
Living in my blood, in my lungs
I hate living, you help me die
I puff you out into the sky
Still you call me as a friend
And I rush, to get your smell.
You are the only true friend of mine
In my lonely and ugly times
None had been so close, so dear
To my heart and to my lungs,
Love in my heart, still lies for you
And I don�t care about your bitter truth.
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"Renunciation"
By Raghab Nepal
I was born alone, I knew nobody here
I learned to stand in time, smiling with all strangers
Took no time to talk a word, creating some deeper touch
Calling friends a life long mate, wondering if they were the Gods.
Now I wonder if I was right
Or should I think my conscience was blind
Having come so far away
Could a friend see you cry.
Had to walk away dropping tear from my eyes
Missing that love, which was like a boundary-less sky
Then I knew life, it was an illusive stay
For everyone we meet, for sure they�re gonna go away.
Now I know I was truly wrong
No ties how tight is so strong
I made my mind, never to cry
And miss somebody who will be gone.
I was born alone and I am gonna die alone
When the truth is so strong, why did I cry again?
Here again I renounce my touch and the feeling that lay inside
For I can�t cry again, I�ve left my tears behind.