To Nepal

TO NEPAL Nights of untold miseries... Daylights of deadly hazards.. Broken logs of dreams and life.. All drag us into merciless sights.. You reside in your rocky palace When sanguine fingers are stretched out From rocks and rubbish And cry for breath! Oh light, where do you hide yourself, Away from the cries of torn mouths, And bleeding tongues? It was a land of festive flowers Now the petals pulled out and dried up Only some moments He took To decide where each of us should be born. Unless it was for us, Nepal, you would have borne Me too inside! Can it be said we are lucky to lie On the plains of a land On which Ganga and yamuna played wet? Still I say sometimes In grief we stand near you, Nepal! We weep with you.. Radhika Sanoj