Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa
I wonder
How wonderful it would be
If only I narrated ‒
The fragrance of cloying jasmine,
Hanging in the air;
The wildness of the insects,
Fluttering around the light;
The coquettish liberties of the fish,
Pecking stone under the water;
The untiring spirit of the river,
Pulsing through the darkness;
The ruby smiles of the street dogs,
Wagging tails at the familiar neighbors ‒
In my poetry.
But, sometimes
Unavoidable family responsibilities,
Sometimes quest for a proper mood,
Reinforced by the sluggishness,
Stab my emotions, perceptions, spirit.
I swear to write later on!
(Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of English at Degree Campus (TU), Biratnagar, Nepal. In addition to publishing an anthology of poem, Fad Fervors from Litlight, Pakistan, he has published poems from sahitto.com, Bangladesh; The writer’s club, USA; sahityapost.com, Nepal; kabitaminar.com, India and some other online literary websites.)
