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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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February 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM
Radhika,, if in the future you decided to post a poem, would you be kind and invite me to read your poem. Thank you for the nice reply to my comment. LINDA
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February 21, 2016 at 6:16 PM
Radhika, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing, hope to see a new one from you again. LOVE LINDA
Sanoj Avatar
February 24, 2016 at 4:38 AM
Thank you Linda
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December 30, 2015 at 4:46 PM
Radhika Sanoj, a pleasure to read :) HAVE YOURSELF A HAPPY NEW YEAR ...... SKAT
Sanoj Avatar
February 24, 2016 at 4:39 AM
Thank you.. Happy New Year, Skat
Das Avatar
May 5, 2015 at 9:23 AM
What a tragedy. Devastating. The beautiful land of Nepal with the majestic Mountains n beautiful plains ravaged by nature's fury. So many lives lost. How utterly tragic. God bless Nepal...heartfelt poem. #7
Sanoj Avatar
February 24, 2016 at 4:40 AM
Thank you Nanditha!!
Andresen Avatar
May 5, 2015 at 7:09 AM
- And the 7 !!!
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May 5, 2015 at 7:08 AM
- A wonderful poem to the people of Nepal (a 7) - A terrible tragedy, Radhika - (I hope you will read my poem "Nepal") - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Sanoj Avatar
February 24, 2016 at 4:41 AM
Thank you Anne Lise!
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