MY NEPAL, MY PRIDE!!! Sulfur in the air The crimson waters Stooping mountains and weeping rivers Battered spouses, raped womanhood Orphans, bastards, grieving parenthood Fear, death, murder and cries Synonym of life A nation: an image: blur Shattered glasses-numerous reflections Living with the wolves Alligators and vultures Sacrifices without reason Assault and treason Lives everywhere: lives nowhere A habitat-isolated A caravan-dispersed Displaced souls, tortured minds The uncertain dawn The daunting dusks Alms for extortion Souls for revenge Valueless corpses Scattered, buried, pieces Clueless flock: a witless ram Blind disciples: cunning leaders Blast! The usual morning alarm Murder! The usual evening sign Extortion! The new rights Abduction! The reason of life Cries, whines, screams, sirens Effigies, strikes and the burning tires HALT! Lifeless curfew-not a soul to witness Rule of the miscreants A pregnant mother dies-no ambulance A child dies-mines in school playground Teachers amputee-did not teach war Fleeing youths-fearing forceful recruit Recognize me? I used to be a nation-I still am! Now in a transition-an indefinite wait Life’s so lifeless now Without those daily chaos routine Awaiting eagerly for the next beginning A beginning of a new war or a continuance thereof War-an identity for me My Nepal-My Pride!