HOW CAN I COMPARE, MYSLEF TO YOU? | USHA SHERCHAN

-Usha Sherchan

Translated from the Nepali by Hem Bishwakarma

You've journeyed for years,

While I am preparing to crawl

You are walking under the lights

I, just pulling myself from a dark cave

You've delicate wings to fly

I, slaughtered, wingless, deprived of the flight

Loadless you are,

I, with a heavy impediment

How can I walk syncing you?

How can I compare, myself to you?

Sherchan is a Nepali poet, lyricist and writer. She has published a collection of short stories and a novel and three collections of poems. She has also written lyrics for five music albums.