Sushant Thapa

Acting Alone

If you are an actor
You need company.
You cannot act alone.
How long
Will the mirror also act with you?
Reality isn't like clouds
It doesn’t rain until you get wet.
My abstraction
Is the only thing
I wish to decode.
When you accompany me
In the misty nights
A glass of loneliness
Could do no more shared harm.
I act life,
I open and close
My glass window,
The raindrops choose to disperse,
My poetry pages
Grow like a blooming cactus
I discard the thorns
My perception battles with me,
I look for flowers beside thorns.

Sushant Thapa is the author of 5 books of English Poetry. He lives in Biratnagar-13, Nepal. He holds a Master's degree in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was published latest in Spillwords and Mad Swirl.