A flower
once asked me,
“ Can you show
me a thing
as beautiful as me?”
“ A smile
on the child’s face,”
was my reply.

Mr. Fate
once asked me,
“ Who is
stronger than me?”
“Hope, it carries
the burden of our heart,”
was my reply.

The Sky
once asked me,
“ What is
as vast as me?”
“ A lover’s heart;
it is the domicile of God,”
was my reply.

The Sun
once asked me,
“What is
brighter than me?”
“ The light
of the consciousness,”
was my reply.

The Sea
once asked me,
“What is
deeper than me?”
“ The meaning
of life,”
was my reply.

The Mind
once asked me,
“What is
as dynamic as me?”
Time, it never
stands still,”
was my reply.

The Night
once asked me,
“What is
darker than me?”
“The heart
of the heartless,”
was my reply.

Deafening Thunder
once asked me,
“What is
louder than me?”
“The sound
of silence,”
was my reply.

And finally…

My Soul
once asked me,
“What have you got
by all your poetry?”
“I’d lost myself
but the poetry
found me,”
was my reply.

Copyright 2004 Bhuwan Thapaliya.