A winter night
That strenuous walk,
slippery path in the woods,
battle with leaches, smell of
moss along,
freezing wind of mountain,
overjoyed thoughts of venture;
benumbed fingers did not
trust the glove I was wearing.
Shelter found in summit was
an old outhouse
used by some ancient hermits.
Clogged with cold,
negotiating with life,
not even a blanket – to roll
my every futile effort
to make a fire –
Die in the damp corner
without a wink of an eye?
Morning arrives…
Preceding day, overlooking to
the valley
from the hills of Panchase found
myself in an island
outcropped in the bosom of a
white lake of
spread cotton clouds.
Hem Raj Bastola is currently working as a
freelance local tour guide in and around Pokhara Valley, Nepal.
He has worked as a
Guest Service Agent at the Hotel Pokhara Grande, as a cave guide, inside the
cave area for all tourists as well as office assistance in Guptshor Mahadev
Cave, as a substitute representative for Sita Travels, as a freelance trekking
guide for tourists to the surrounding Annapurna range and as a book salesman in
Annapurna Stationary Center.
Hem also enjoys
writing poetry, listening to music and collecting stamps.
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