What Goes Around, Comes Around

Baikuntha R. Acharya

I was a clever guy
I knew
how to play with people’s emotions
the feelings, desires and compulsions

I was a smart guy
I knew
the tricks and skills of manipulation
to use and throw people in the corporation

I forgot the rules for being human
I treated
the people as a tool and a commodity
throwed them when they’ve less utility

One day
I was thrown from the corporation
saying they’ve found a guy of perfection
I begged for kindness and compassion

But nobody listened me
I realized
I was also used as a commodity
And, there was no room for any empathy

I looked in the mirror
My reflection was saying as a juror
As you sow, so you reap
What goes around, comes around

[Poet Baikuntha Raj Acharya is one of the founders of Srashta Saanjh America, a non-profit organization established in Dallas, Texas, USA providing forum for the promotion of Nepali literature, music and arts in USA and other countries. He has been serving the organization since its inception in July 2016 and currently holds the position of  Secretary of the organization. Among his published works are the anthologies: ‘Nyashro Janmabhumi’ (2018), ‘AaJaferi’ (2020) and ‘The Lost Pebbles'(2023). ]