As a Thinking Creature 

We share a country with 

Himalayan Snow, 

Some of us celebrate cremation rituals

And burn like dust, 

Some of us are buried in the graveyard

And lie close to Mother Earth. 

Different religion, 

Different death rituals, 

Death, an inevitable force. 

I caught a glimpse 

Of your god, 

You knew why I worship. 

We share the country. 

A mother does not wish 

Her son to be out on the street 

In a protest. 

Why this rage 

Among the brothers? 

The chair is shaky 

In the capital, 

It is not good too. 

We keep shaking the chair 

And look for capable ones. 

Let religion not be a crime 

Of our weakness 

As a thinking creature. 

We should bring a new dawn 

No next option 

Is as natural as it is. 

Bio: Sushant Thapa is a Nepalese poet and fiction writer from Biratnagar-13, Nepal, with ten books of poems to his credit and two books of short stories. The books of poems are: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Authorspress, New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (impspired, UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Haoajan Publishers, Kolkata, 2021), Love’s Cradle (World Inkers Printing and Publishing, New York, New York, Dakar, Senegal, 2023), Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (Ambar Publication House, New Delhi, 2023), Chorus of Simplicity and Other New Poems (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2024), Finding My Soul in Kathmandu (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2024),  My Grandfather Had Been a Cowboy (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2025), The Walking Rebel (Transcendent Zero Press, Houston, Texas, USA, 2025) and When I Desire and Other Poems (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2026).

His first collection of flash fiction and short stories is titled “The One Rupee Taker and Other Stories from Nepal” published by Ukiyoto Publishing in 2024. His second collection of short stories is titled “The White Dot and Other Stories” published by Transcendent Zero Press based in Houston, Texas, USA in 2026.