Two Earth(s)

Sunita Khanal

Poetess Sunita Khanal

For butterflies
there´s no restriction in gardens
birds´ wings require no fuel
ants buy not soil for home
bees pay no tax for honey
flowering plants expect no remuneration for their flowers
river doesn´t throw fishing net
earth doesn't reject any seeds
colors have no casts
stones have no states
sky throws no stones at earth
sun draws no boundary
because their nations have no laws,
no constitution and
no question of rights.

Your nation has everything-
where a flower blooms and
wind blows at gun´s command
republic waits for fireworks on children´s innocent lips for its arrival
flowers build stone wall
god becomes a prisoner ..and so on.

a wife rears
gunpowder in her embryo
the fire of unemployment
runs behind weak citizens
and enters into pathetic villages
through the window
and loots the happiness
of innocent rainbows.

On the single earth
who are the creators of two earths?

Buddha
I keep doubt on your name.

Translated by Ishwor Kadel